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Pristigasteridae
Yellowfin river pellona
Pellona flavipinnis
Pristigasterid Fish beneath the Orinoco Basin
- Yellow
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- South America
- Fusiform
- Compressed cross-section
- Large
- Tropical fish
Yellow
Tropical
Regional distribution
Fusiform
LargeYellowfin river pellona is known from South America as a fish. The largest recorded length is 73 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Herrings
- Family
- Pristigasteridae
- Genus
- Pellona
- Maximum length
- 73 cm
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- South America: Argentina (Rio de la Plata down to Buenos Aires, Rio Paraná), Uruguay (Rio Uruguay), Brazil (Rio Tapajoz, Amazon as far up as Rio Jurua and down probably to mouth), the Guianas (Surinam, Guyana), Venezuela and Colombia (Orinoco from Rio Manacacias at Puerto Gaitan to Orinoco mouth). Reported from French Guiana (Ref. 27233 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
