Pellona
Sign in to savePellona 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
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderClupeiformes
- FamilyPristigasteridae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 85
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Pristigasteridae
- Collections
- CUMV, ANSP, USNM, AUM, UF, MPEG
- Recorded in
- Brazil, Maynas, Venezuela, Indonesia, Brasil, Malaysia
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- Parent taxon
- Pristigasteridae
- Image
- Pellona flavipinnis.jpg
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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 == {| class="wikitable" |+ !Species !Common name !Image |- |Pellona altamazonica Cope, 1872 | | |- |Pellona castelnaeana Valenciennes, 1847 |Amazon pellona |frameless |- |Pellona dayi Wongratana, 1983 |Day's pellona | |- |Pellona ditchela Valenciennes, 1847 |Indian pellona |frameless |- |Pellona flavipinnis (Valenciennes, 1837) |Yellowfin river pellona |frameless |- |Pellona harroweri (Fowler, 1917) |American coastal pellona | |}
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