Until the 1980s in the eastern Mediterranean slender rainbow sardines were frequently confused with the rainbow sardine ( " Dussumieria acuta " ).
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Until the 1980s in the eastern Mediterranean slender rainbow sardines were frequently confused with the rainbow sardine ( " Dussumieria acuta " ).
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The "'slender rainbow sardine "'( " Dussumieria elopsoides " ) is a small, subtropical, salt water fish of the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea which was first described by Bleeker in 1849 . " Dussumieria hasselti " and " Dussumieria productissima " are synonyms for this same fish.