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Pellona ditchela, called the Indian pellona, ditchelee and the toothed shad, is a species of longfin herring native to the coasts, mangrove swamps, and estuaries of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific, generally in tropical waters. Some individuals can reach 16 cm, with the average closer to 10 cm.

Indian pellona
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Clupeiformes
Family:	Pristigasteridae
Genus:	Pellona
Species:	P. ditchela
Binomial name
Pellona ditchela Valenciennes, 1847
Synonyms
Pellona hoevenii Bleeker, 1862 Pellona natalensis Gilchrist and Thompson, 1908

The species is commercially fished, with 10,014 t landed in 1999.[1] It is considered a good bait for tuna fishing.

References

External links

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2010). "Pellona ditchela" in FishBase. October 2010 version.
• "Pellona ditchela". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 28 December 2010.

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