Pellona

Pellona
Pellona castelnaeana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Pristigasteridae
Genus: Pellona
Valenciennes, 1847
Type species
Pellona orbignyana (a synonym of Pellona flavipinnis (Valenciennes, 1837))
Valenciennes, 1847
Species

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Pellona is a genus of ray-finned fishes in the family Pristigasteridae. The genus contains six species. 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

Species Common name Image
Pellona altamazonica

Cope, 1872
Pellona castelnaeana

Valenciennes, 1847

 Amazon pellona
Pellona dayi

Wongratana, 1983

 Day's pellona
Pellona ditchela

Valenciennes, 1847

 Indian pellona
Pellona flavipinnis

(Valenciennes, 1837)

 Yellowfin river pellona
Pellona harroweri

(Fowler, 1917)

 American coastal pellona

References

  1. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & 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.