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Pellonula leonensis Boulenger, 1916

Smalltoothed pellonula
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Liberia country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known from St. John River (Ref. 2849, 3046) and Cess River (Ref. 3046).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/li.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Paugy, D., C. Lévêque, G.G. Teugels, R. Bigorne and R. Romand, 1990
National Database:

Common names from other countries

إسبرط صغير غيني, 小齿宽颌鲱, Spratelle de Guinée, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Dorosomatidae (Gizzard shads and sardinellas)
Etymology: Pellonula: Latin, pellis = skin + Latin, nullus = no one (Ref. 45335);  leonensis: Species is named after the vernacular name in Bambara, 'miri', given by the local fisherman in Mali (Ref. 2756).
  More on author: Boulenger.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; freshwater; brackish; pelagic; anadromous (Ref. 51243).   Tropical; 17°N - 5°S, 18°W - 24°E (Ref. 26213)

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