WoRMS taxon details
Pellonula leonensis Boulenger, 1916
282186 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:282186)
accepted
Species
Microthrissa afzeliusi (Johnels, 1954) · unaccepted
Microthrissa miri Daget, 1954 · unaccepted
Microthrissa normanae Whitehead, 1986 · unaccepted
Microthrissa normani Whitehead, 1986 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pellonula afseliusi Johnels, 1954 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Pellonula afzelinsi Johnels, 1954 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Pellonula afzeliusi Johnels, 1954 · unaccepted
Pellonula afzeliusi miri (Daget, 1954) · unaccepted
Pellonula afzeliuzi Johnels, 1954 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Pellonula azeliusi Johnels, 1954 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Pellonula miri (Daget, 1954) · unaccepted
Pelonula afzeliusi Johnels, 1954 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Pelonula leonensis Boulenger, 1916 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Boulenger, G. A. (1916). Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). London. <em>British Museum of Natural History. London.</em> v. 4: i-xxvii + 1-392 [Addenda for vols. 1-4 on pp. 149-336; index for vols. 1-4 is pp. 337-392.]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Pellonula leonensis Boulenger, 1916. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=282186 on 2025-04-15
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Nomenclature
original description
Boulenger, G. A. (1916). Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). London. <em>British Museum of Natural History. London.</em> v. 4: i-xxvii + 1-392 [Addenda for vols. 1-4 on pp. 149-336; index for vols. 1-4 is pp. 337-392.]. [details]
original description (of Pellonula afzeliusi Johnels, 1954) Johnels, A. G. (1954). Notes on fishes from the Gambia River. <em>Arkiv för Zoologi.</em> v. 6 (no. 17): 327-411. [details]
original description (of Microthrissa normani Whitehead, 1986) Whitehead, P. J. P. (1986). A new species of Microthrissa in West African freshwaters (Pisces: Clupeidae). <em>Cybium.</em> 10 (3): 279-284. [details]
original description (of Microthrissa miri Daget, 1954) Daget, J. (1954). Les poissons du Niger Supérieur. <em>Mémoires de l'Institut français d'Afrique Noire.</em> No. 36: 1-391. [details]
original description (of Pellonula afzeliusi Johnels, 1954) Johnels, A. G. (1954). Notes on fishes from the Gambia River. <em>Arkiv för Zoologi.</em> v. 6 (no. 17): 327-411. [details]
original description (of Microthrissa normani Whitehead, 1986) Whitehead, P. J. P. (1986). A new species of Microthrissa in West African freshwaters (Pisces: Clupeidae). <em>Cybium.</em> 10 (3): 279-284. [details]
original description (of Microthrissa miri Daget, 1954) Daget, J. (1954). Les poissons du Niger Supérieur. <em>Mémoires de l'Institut français d'Afrique Noire.</em> No. 36: 1-391. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Pellonula afzeliusi Johnels, 1954)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Microthrissa miri Daget, 1954)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pellonula leonensis)
To FishBase (from synonym Microthrissa afzeliusi (Johnels, 1954))
To FishBase (from synonym Microthrissa miri Daget, 1954)
To FishBase (from synonym Microthrissa normanae Whitehead, 1986)
To FishBase (from synonym Pellonula afzeliusi Johnels, 1954)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pellonula miri (Daget, 1954))
To FishBase (from synonym Pellonula afzeliusi miri (Daget, 1954))
To FishBase (from synonym Pelonula afzeliusi Johnels, 1954)
To FishBase (from synonym Pellonula azeliusi Johnels, 1954)
To FishBase (from synonym Microthrissa normani Whitehead, 1986)
To FishBase images (Pellonula leonensis, by FAO)
To GenBank (35 nucleotides; 43 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Pellonula afzeliusi Johnels, 1954)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Microthrissa miri Daget, 1954)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pellonula leonensis)
To FishBase (from synonym Microthrissa afzeliusi (Johnels, 1954))
To FishBase (from synonym Microthrissa miri Daget, 1954)
To FishBase (from synonym Microthrissa normanae Whitehead, 1986)
To FishBase (from synonym Pellonula afzeliusi Johnels, 1954)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pellonula miri (Daget, 1954))
To FishBase (from synonym Pellonula afzeliusi miri (Daget, 1954))
To FishBase (from synonym Pelonula afzeliusi Johnels, 1954)
To FishBase (from synonym Pellonula azeliusi Johnels, 1954)
To FishBase (from synonym Microthrissa normani Whitehead, 1986)
To FishBase images (Pellonula leonensis, by FAO)
To GenBank (35 nucleotides; 43 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
