The following is a list of currently accepted living
Dussumieria species: •
Dussumieria acuta Valenciennes, 1847 (Rainbow sardine) •
Dussumieria albulina Fowler, 1934 (Lancer rainbow sardine) •
Dussumieria apollo Hata, Lavoué, Appleyard & Pogonoski, 2025 (Australian rainbow sardine) •
Dussumieria elopsoides Bleeker, 1849 (Slender rainbow sardine) •
Dussumieria hasselti Bleeker, 1851 (Hasselt's rainbow sardine) •
Dussumieria modakandai Singh, Jayakumar, Kumar, Murali, Mishra, Singh & Lal, 2022 (Soft rainbow sardine) •
Dussumieria productissima Chabanaud, 1933 (Javelin rainbow sardine) •
Dussumieria torpedo Hata, Lavoué & Motomura, 2021 (African rainbow sardine) The earliest known fossil species is
D. elami Arambourg, 1967 from the ?
Late Eocene of
Iran (
Pabdeh Formation) and potentially the
Early Oligocene of
Romania. ==References==