Pellona

Pellona
Pellona castelnaeana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Pristigasteridae
Genus: Pellona
Valenciennes, 1847
Species

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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.

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pellona". FishBase. June 2011 version.