Amazon pellona (Pellona castelnaeana)

Scientific name: Pellona castelnaeana Valenciennes, 1847

Amazon pellona (Pellona castelnaeana)

The Amazon pellona (Pellona castelnaeana) is a freshwater fish of the family Pristigasteridae.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 34 - 38. Belly with 23 or 24 + 8 to 11, total 33 or 34 scutes. Lower jaw projecting; upper jaw with a toothed hypo-maxillary bone between hind tip of pre-maxilla and lower bulge of maxilla blade; lower gill rakers 12 to 14 (in fishes of 20 to 50 cm standard length). Pelvic fins with a distinct axillary scale; anal fin long, its origin under dorsal fin base. Scales fairly small.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Pellona castelnaeana
Family
Pristigasteridae (Pristigasterids)
Order
Clupeiformes (Herrings)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
80.0
Environment
Freshwater; brackish; pelagic
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
South America: Amazon system (Iquitos on Peruvian Amazon and Ambyiacos River in Ecuador to Man?os and perhaps Par?), the Guianas (Lake Amuku area where the Amazon and Essequibo systems join in wet years).
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: subsistence fisheries
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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