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Pristigasteridae
Indian pellona
Pellona ditchela
Sixteen Centimeters Pristigasterid Fish of Indo West Pacific
- Tropical
- Transcontinental
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- East Asia
- Oceania
- South Asia
- Southeast Asia
- West Asia
- Fusiform
- Compressed cross-section
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Indian Ocean
Africa
Fusiform
MediumIndian pellona is a freshwater fish of Indo-West Pacific. The species occupies estuaries and brackish water. The largest recorded length is 16 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Herrings
- Family
- Pristigasteridae
- Genus
- Pellona
- Maximum length
- 16 cm
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Indo-West Pacific: Indian Ocean: east coast of Africa northward from about Durban (Ref. 3509 ) to the Gulf of Oman (Ref. 188 ), including Madagascar (Ref. 188 , 3509 ), the coasts of India and Andaman Sea (Ref. 188 , 6867 ), and south to western Australia (Ref. 188 ); also South China Sea (Ref. 188 ), and Indonesia to northern Australia and Papua New Guinea (Ref. 188 , 6867 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
