Pellona

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Pellona
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Pellona castelnaeana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Pristigasteridae
Genus: Pellona
Valenciennes, 1847
Type species
Pellona orbignyana (a synonym of Pellona flavipinnis(Valenciennes, 1837))
Valenciennes, 1847 [1]
Species

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Pellona is a genus of ray-finned fishes in the family Pristigasteridae. The genus contains six species. [2] Three of these are restricted to freshwater habitats in tropical and subtropical South America, while P. dayi and P. ditchela are found in coastal waters of the Indo-Pacific, and P. harroweri is found in coastal Atlantic waters from Panama to Brazil.

Species

SpeciesCommon nameImage
Pellona altamazonica

Cope, 1872

Pellona castelnaeana

Valenciennes, 1847

Amazon pellona Pellona castelnaeana.jpg
Pellona dayi

Wongratana, 1983

Day's pellona
Pellona ditchela

Valenciennes, 1847

Indian pellona Pellona ditchela Day 165.jpg
Pellona flavipinnis

(Valenciennes, 1837)

Yellowfin river pellona Pellona flavipinnis.jpg
Pellona harroweri

(Fowler, 1917)

American coastal pellona

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References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Pristigasteridae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pellona". FishBase . June 2011 version.