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 |
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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 |
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.
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