Pellona ditchela is a valid scientific name.

Pellona ditchela Valenciennes, 1847 Nov

Indian pellona - Choukha - Native Fish - Wild (Freshwater)

Systematic Position: [2]

Kingdom	:	Animalia
Phylum	:	Chordata
Class	:	Teleostei
Order	:	Clupeiformes
Family	:	Pristigasteridae
Genus	:	Pellona
Species	:	Pellona ditchela

Common Names:

English	:	Indian pellona[6]
Bangla	:	Choukha[5]

Synonyms:

Pellona ditcheli Valenciennes, 1847 Nov
Pellona ditchella Valenciennes, 1847 Nov
Pellona dithchela Valenciennes, 1847 Nov
Pellona hoevenii Bleeker, 1852 Jan
Ilisha hoeveni (Bleeker, 1852 Jan)
Ilisha hoevenii (Bleeker, 1852 Jan)
Pellona hoeveni Bleeker, 1852 Jan
Pellona natalensis Gilchrist and Thompson, 1908 Dec

Maximum Length and Weight:

81 mm (TL) ^[5]

Inter-Length Relationship:

Head length : Total length : Standard length = 1 : 4.5-5 : 3.4-3.9 ^[5]
Body height : Total length : Standard length = 1 : 3.3-3.8 : 2.5-3 ^[5]
Eye Diameter : Head length = 1 : 2.6-3 ^[5]
Body Depth : Standard length = 1 : 2.8 ^[1174]
Head length : Standard length = 1 : 2.98-3.33 ^[1174]
Eye Diameter : Head length = 1 : 3 ^[1174]

Taxonomic Formula:

D. 17-18; P₁. 17; P₂. 7; A. 39-42 ^{[Rahman, 2005]}
D iii-iv 13-16; A iii 31-36; P i 15; V i 6 ^{[Talwar and Jhingran, 1991]}

Scales:

40-45 scales on lateral line. 8-9 scales after pelvic fin base. 19-20 scales before pelvic fin base. [5]

40-45 scales on lateral line. 8-9 scales after pelvic fin base. 19-20 scales before pelvic fin base. [5]

Chemistry:

Data not available

Conservation Status:

Global	:	Least Concern (LC)	(Version 3.1) [492]
Bangladesh	:	Least Concern (LC)	(Version 3.1) [158]

Occurrence/Distribution:

Global	:	Djibouti[68] Kenya[952] Madagascar[953] Mayotte[1103] Mozambique[1062] Somalia[1009] South Africa[1010] Tanzania[1063] Andaman Island[746] Bangladesh[70] India[855] Brunei[68] Indonesia[449] Iran[68] Malaysia[68] Myanmar[68] Oman[899] Pakistan[68] Philippines[68] Sri Lanka[68] Taiwan[920] Thailand[71] Yemen[68] Australia[590] Papua New Guinea[750]
Bangladesh	:	Andharmanik river, Patuakhali[751] Passur River, Khulna[752]

Habitat and Environment:

Habitat: Data not available

Environment:

Parameters	Units	Minimum	Maximum	Optimum	Ref.
Temperature	-	-	-	-	-
pH	-	-	-	-	-
DO	-	-	-	-	-
Free CO2	-	-	-	-	-

Breeding Maturity:

Data not available

Breeding Season: (red background)

Data not available

Fecundity:

Data not available

Food and Feeding Habit:

Diet composition (%): Data not available

Importance:

Production and Marketing:
Production/Harvesting Season: Data not available
Harvesting Gears: Data not available
Market price: Data not available