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Pellona

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Pellona
Pellona castelnaeana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Pristigasteridae
Genus: Pellona
Valenciennes, 1847
Species

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Pellona is a genus of ray-finned fishes in the family Pristigasteridae. The genus contains six species.[1] 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

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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

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  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pellona". FishBase. June 2011 version.