Indian pellona (Pellona ditchela)

Scientific name: Pellona ditchela Valenciennes, 1847

Indian pellona (Pellona ditchela)

The Indian pellona (Pellona ditchela) is a freshwater fish of the family Pristigasteridae.

Biology

Occurs in coastal areas, entering mangrove areas and estuaries, and freshwater as well (e.g. in the Pangani River, Tanzania), thus apparently fully euryhaline. Marketed fresh and may be dried or salted. Regarded as an excellent bait in the tuna fishery.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Pellona ditchela
Family
Pristigasteridae (Pristigasterids)
Order
Clupeiformes (Herrings)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
16.0
Depth range
10–55 m (33–180 ft)
Environment
Marine; freshwater; brackish; pelagic-neritic; anadromous; depth range 10 - 55 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: Madagascar, and from Durban, South Africa to the Gulf of Oman and the coasts of India. From the Andaman Sea to Indonesia and the Philippines, southeast to the Arafura Sea, northern and western Australia and Papua New Guinea.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial; bait: usually
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.74)

Sources

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

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