Indian pellona (Pellona ditchela) fish species and information / pictures of Indian pellona - Pellona ditchela

Indian pellona (Pellona ditchela) fish species information

Scientific Name
Pellona ditchela

Common Name
Indian pellona

Biology
Occurs in coastal areas, entering mangrove areas and estuaries, and freshwater as well (e.g. in the Pangani River, Tanzania), thus apparently fully euryhaline. Marketed fresh and may be dried or salted (Ref. 5284). Regarded as an excellent bait in the tuna fishery.

Classification

Classified By

Valenciennes, 1847

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Herrings (Clupeiformes)

Family

Pristigasterids (Pristigasteridae)

Distribution

Region

Indo-West Pacific

Distribution

Indo-West Pacific: Madagascar, and from Durban, South Africa to the Gulf of Oman and the coasts of India. From the Andaman Sea to Indonesia and the Philippines, southeast to the Arafura Sea (Ref. 9819), northern and western Australia and Papua New Guinea.

Range

25°N - 25°S, 43°E - 155°E

Environment

Climate

Tropical

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

10 m

Depth To - meters

55 m

Zone

pelagic-neritic

Environment

Marine; freshwater; brackish; pelagic-neritic; anadromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 10 - 55 m (Ref. 12260)

Trophic Level

3.95 s.e. 0.71 Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

True

Occurs in Brackish water

True

Occurs in Fresh Water

True

Occurs on Reefs

False

Is kept in Aquariums

False

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

16.0 cm

Common Length

Unknown cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 0.5156 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Fisheries: commercial; bait: usually

Vulnerability

Low vulnerability (17 of 100)

Resilience

High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.74)

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Not Evaluated