Biology:Pellona harroweri
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Short description: Species of ray-finned fish
| American coastal pellona | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Family: | Pristigasteridae |
| Genus: | Pellona |
| Species: | P. harroweri
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| Binomial name | |
| Pellona harroweri Fowler, 1917
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Pellona harroweri, called the American coastal pellona and the caille, is a species of longfin herring native to the beaches and estuaries of the western Atlantic from Panama to southern Brazil.[1] Some individuals can reach 18 cm, with the average closer to 12 cm.[1] They school in very shallow waters, and are rarely found deeper than 16 m.
The species is considered a forage fish, used for bait for commercial fish and consumed by humans on a subsistence level.[2] They are eaten by the Costero dolphin, and by the La Plata dolphin.[3][4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2010). "Pellona harroweri" in FishBase. October 2010 version.
- ↑ "Forage Species". Fisheries Global Information System. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. http://www.fao.org/fishery/topic/4290/en.
- ↑ Borobia, Mônica; Barros, Nélio B. (1989). "Notes on the diet of marine Sotalia fluviatilis". Marine Mammal Science (Wiley) 5 (4): 395–399. doi:10.1111/j.1748-7692.1989.tb00353.x.
- ↑ Di Beneditto, Ana Paula Madeira; Ramos, Renata Maria Arruda (2001). "Biology and conservation of the franciscana (Pontoporia blainvillei) in the north of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil". Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (International Whaling Commission) 3 (2): 185–192. http://solamac.org/papers/pdf/2001_DiBeneditto_Ramos.pdf. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
External links
- "Pellona harroweri". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=551326. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
Wikidata ☰ Q2333949 entry
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