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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

External links

• "Pellona harroweri". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 December 2010.

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