Prompt gamma-ray spectroscopy of fission fragments produced in the heavy-ion induced fusion-fission reaction ²⁰⁸Pb( ¹⁸O,f) at E = 90 MeV has been performed. The relative isotopic yields of the fission fragments and the fragment mass distribution have been studied. Structures in the mass distribution have been discussed in the light of earlier results. Relative yields of several odd-A isotopes of Mo, Ru, Pd, and Cd and the odd-A isotones with N = 62 and 64 have been studied along with the yields of the neighboring even-Z, even-N fragments and correlated to nuclear structural effects. The average total neutron multiplicity during fission has been measured to be 5.48±0.59. The level schemes of the two neutron-rich nuclei ¹¹⁰Pd and ¹¹⁶Cd have been studied from γ –ray triple coincidence data. A large number of transitions, previously reported only from β-decay studies, have been observed in ¹¹⁰Pd for the first time. The yrast band in ¹¹⁶Cd has been extended up to spin (16⁺). In addition, a rotational sequence built upon an excited 5⁻ state in ¹¹⁶Cd has been observed up to (13⁻). The level schemes have been discussed in the context of existing results, both experimental and theoretical, in the literature.