Gilchristella aestuaria | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Clupeiformes |
Family: | Ehiravidae |
Genus: | Gilchristella Fowler, 1935 |
Species: | G. aestuaria
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Binomial name | |
Gilchristella aestuaria (Gilchrist, 1913)
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Synonyms | |
Spratelloides aestuarius Gilchrist, 1913 |
Gilchristella aestuaria, the Gilchrist's round herring or estuarine round-herring,[2] is a member of the herring family Clupeidae that occurs off the coasts of Southern Africa. It is the only species in its genus, which was named for John Dow Fisher Gilchrist (1866–1926).[3]