Pellona Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:300 Fem. Pellona orbignyana Valenciennes 1847. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Gill 1861:38 [ref. 1767] (see Whitehead 1967:105 [ref. 6464]). •Valid as Pellona Valenciennes 1847 -- (Poll et al. 1984:48 [ref. 6172], Grande 1985:245 [ref. 6466], Whitehead 1985:278 [ref. 5141], Whitehead & Wongratana 1986:202 [ref. 6284], Paxton et al. 1989:156 [ref. 12442], Ataur Rahman 1989:254 [ref. 24860], Britski et al. 1999:22 [ref. 24147], Monroe et al. 1999:1755 [ref. 24728], Munroe 2003:797 [ref. 26996], de Pinna & Di Dario in Reis et al. 2003:43 [ref. 27061], Ataur Rahman 2003:278 [ref. 31338], Gates et al. 2006:319 [ref. 29008], Kottelat 2013:51 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2018:51 [ref. 35805]). Current status: Valid as Pellona Valenciennes 1847. Pristigasteridae.