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Species of ray-finned fish From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pellona harroweri, called the American coastal pellona and the caille, is a species of longfin herring native to the beaches and estuaries of the western Atlantic from Panama to southern Brazil.[1] Some individuals can reach 18 cm, with the average closer to 12 cm.[1] They school in very shallow waters, and are rarely found deeper than 16 m.
American coastal pellona | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Clupeiformes |
Family: | Pristigasteridae |
Genus: | Pellona |
Species: | P. harroweri |
Binomial name | |
Pellona harroweri Fowler, 1917 | |
Synonyms | |
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The species is considered a forage fish, used for bait for commercial fish and consumed by humans on a subsistence level.[2] They are eaten by the Costero dolphin, and by the La Plata dolphin.[3][4]
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