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Genus of ray-finned fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Pellona | |
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Pellona castelnaeana | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Clupeiformes |
Family: | Pristigasteridae |
Genus: | Pellona Valenciennes, 1847 |
Species | |
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Species | Common name | Image |
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Pellona altamazonica
Cope, 1872 |
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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 |
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