Pellona
Pellona flavipinnis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Pristigasteridae
Genus: Pellona
Valenciennes, 1847
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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.

Species

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Pellona in FishBase. June 2011 version.
  • "Pellona". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 28 December 2010.


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