Species FAO code: PEQ

Pellona flavipinnis

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Commercial designations
Production methods and fishing gears
Species distribution and habitat
Species description
Combined Nomenclature

Commercial designations

Country	Commercial designations	Names accepted or permitted locally or regionally
France	fr alose-écaille fluviale	–

Main production methods

Caught

Main fishing gears

List item: Gillnets and similar nets

Gillnets and similar nets

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Pellona flavipinnis (Valenciennes, 1837)

Habitat

Freshwater
Brackish water

FAO major fishing areas

List item: America, South - Inland waters

Area 3 - America, South - Inland waters

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Pellona flavipinnis (Valenciennes, 1837)

Distribution maps

Source: Aquamaps - Computer Generated Native Distribution Map for Pellona flavipinnis

Scientific name

Pellona flavipinnis

Author

(Valenciennes, 1837)

Rank

Species

FAO code

PEQ

Morphological description

Belly with 20 to 24 + 12 to 14, total 32 to 37 scutes. Lower jaw projecting; upper jaw with a toothed hypo-maxillary bone between hind tip of pre-maxilla and lower bulge of maxilla blade; lower gill rakers 23 to 31 (in fishes of 10 to 50 cm standard length, with the lower numbers in larger fishes). Pelvic fins with distinct axillary scale; anal fin origin under dorsal fin base.

Taxonomic classification

ClassActinopterygii
- OrderClupeiformes
  - FamilyPristigasteridae
    - GenusPellona
      - SpeciesPellona flavipinnis

Synonyms

Ilisha flavipinnis (Valenciennes, 1849)
Pristigaster flavipinnis Valenciennes, 1837
Pellona orbignyana Valenciennes, 1847

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Pellona flavipinnis (Valenciennes, 1837)

An annually revised goods classification scheme used in EU for the purposes of customs duty and foreign trade statistics. The scheme is based on the Harmonized System nomenclature, further extended with Community subdivisions. Each subdivision is identified by an eight-digit numerical code. Read more: Combined Nomenclature

03 — CHAPTER 3 - FISH AND CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES
- 0301 — Live fish
  - Other live fish
    - 0301 99 — Other
      - Freshwater fish
        0301 99 18 — Other
- 0302 — Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304
  - Other fish, excluding livers and roes
    - 0302 89 — Other
      - 0302 89 10 — Freshwater fish
- 0303 — Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304
  - Other fish, excluding livers and roes
    - 0303 89 — Other
      - 0303 89 10 — Freshwater fish
- 0304 — Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh, chilled or frozen
  - Fresh or chilled fillets of other fish
    - 0304 49 — Other
      - 0304 49 10 — Freshwater fish
  - Other, fresh or chilled
    - 0304 59 — Other
      - 0304 59 10 — Freshwater fish
  - Frozen fillets of other fish
    - 0304 89 — Other
      - 0304 89 10 — Freshwater fish
  - Other, frozen
    - 0304 99 — Other
      - Other
        0304 99 21 — Freshwater fish

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