Gilchristella aestuaria

Taxonavigation: Clupeoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Clupei Superordo: Clupeomorpha Ordo: Clupeiformes Subordo: Clupeoidei

Familia: Clupeidae
Subfamilia: Dussumieriinae
Genus: Gilchristella
Species: Gilchristella aestuaria

Name

Gilchristella aestuaria (Gilchrist, 1913)

• Syntypes: SAM 10822-25 (1, 1, 1, 14).

Type locality: Tidal portion of Zwartkops River, near Port Elizabeth, and tidal rivers near East London, South Africa.

Etymology: referring to occurrence in estuarine (brackish) waters (also occurs in fresh water). (From The ETYFish Project)

Synonyms

• Spratelloides aestuarius Gilchrist, 1913

Vernacular names

English: Gilchrist's Round Herring

References

• Costalago, D., Strydom, N., Frost, C. & Clemmesen, C., 2015: Preliminary insight into the relationship between environmental factors and the nutritional condition and growth of Gilchristella aestuaria larvae in the upper reaches of South African estuaries. Environmental Biology of Fishes, First online: 17 September 2015. DOI: 10.1007/s10641-015-0447-8

• Gilchrist, J. D. F., 1913: Review of the South African clupeidae (herrings) and allied families of fishes. Marine biological report: for the year ended ... and for the half year ending ...; to be presented to the Provincial Council; Union of South Africa, Province of the Cape of Good Hope. 1: 46–66, Pl. 2.

Links

• Gilchristella aestuaria in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Gilchristella aestuaria in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

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