Gilchristella aestuaria: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Clupeiformes
- Family
- Ehiravidae
- Genus
- Gilchristella
- Species
- Gilchristella aestuaria
- Scientific Name
- Gilchristella aestuaria
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Gilchristella
Gilchristella aestuaria, the Gilchrist's round herring or estuarine round-herring, is a member of the family Ehiravidae 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).
...Gilchristella aestuaria in languages:
- Afrikaans
- Spierintjie
- Czech
- herink jihoafrický
- English
- Estuarine Round Herring
- English
- Estuarine Roundherring
- English
- Shiner
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