Pellona harroweri

American coastal pellona
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Pristigasteridae
Genus: Pellona
Species:
P. harroweri
Binomial name
Pellona harroweri
Fowler, 1917
Synonyms
  • Ilisha argentata Meek & Hildebrand, 1923
  • Ilisha harroweri Fowler, 1917
  • Ilisha narragansetae Fowler, 1911
  • Neosteus mayrinki Pinto, 1972
  • Neosteus ternetzi Norman, 1923
  • Pristigaster vanderbilti Borodin, 1928

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. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pellona harroweri". FishBase. October 2010 version.
  2. ^ "Forage Species". Fisheries Global Information System. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
  3. ^ Borobia, Mônica; Barros, Nélio B. (1989). "Notes on the diet of marine Sotalia fluviatilis". Marine Mammal Science. 5 (4). Wiley: 395–399. Bibcode:1989MMamS...5..395B. doi:10.1111/j.1748-7692.1989.tb00353.x.
  4. ^ 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" (PDF). Journal of Cetacean Research and Management. 3 (2). International Whaling Commission: 185–192. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
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