Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Clupei
Superordo: Clupeomorpha
Ordo: Clupeiformes
Subordo: Clupeoidei
Familia: Pristigasteridae
Genus: Pellona
Species: P. altamazonica – P. castelnaeana – P. dayi – P. ditchela – P. flavipinnis – P. harroweri –
Name
Pellona Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1847
References
Pellona – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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
Pellona altamazonica Cope, 1872
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
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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