Pellona harroweri

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.

American coastal pellona
Scientific classification
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

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. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2010). "Pellona harroweri" in 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. Wiley. 5 (4): 395–399. 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. International Whaling Commission. 3 (2): 185–192. Retrieved 29 December 2010.


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