Pellona
| Pellona | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Pellona castelnaeana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Family: | Pristigasteridae |
| Genus: | Valenciennes, 1847 |
| Type species | |
| Pellona orbignyana (a synonym of Pellona flavipinnis (Valenciennes, 1837)) Valenciennes, 1847[1] | |
| Species | |
| See text | |
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
| 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pellona". FishBase. June 2011 version.
- "Pellona". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 28 December 2010.