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{{Short description|Species of fish}}
{{Taxobox
{{Speciesbox
| name = '''''Gilchristella aestuaria'''''
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| regnumstatus = [[Animalia]]LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Bills, R. |date=2007 |title=''Gilchristella aestuaria'' |volume=2007 |page=e.T63245A12644478 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63245A12644478.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
| classis = [[Actinopterygii]]
| genus = ''Gilchristella''▼
| ordo = [[Clupeiformes]]
| parent_authority = [[Henry Weed Fowler|Fowler]], 1935
| familia = [[Clupeidae]]
| species = '''''G. aestuaria'''''▼
▲| genus = ''Gilchristella''
| genus_authorityauthority = ([[HenryJohn WeedDow FowlerFisher Gilchrist|FowlerGilchrist]], 19351913)
| synonyms = ''Spratelloides aestuarius'' <small>Gilchrist, 1913</small>
▲| species = '''''G. aestuaria'''''
| binomial = ''Gilchristella aestuaria''
| binomial_authority = ([[John Dow Fisher Gilchrist|Gilchrist]], 1913)
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'''''Gilchristella aestuaria''''', the '''Gilchrist's round herring''' or '''estuarine round-herring''',<ref>{{cite web|title=Gilchristella aestuaria Estuarine round-herring|url=http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Gilchristella_aestuaria/classification/|publisher=Animal Diversity|access-date=12 February 2013}}</ref> 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).<ref name=neglected>{{cite web|url=http://www.neglectedscience.com/alphabetical-list/g/john-dow-fisher-gilchrist|title=John Dow Fisher Gilchrist|publisher=Neglected Science|date=2011|access-date=18 January 2014|archive-date=22 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222151933/http://www.neglectedscience.com/alphabetical-list/g/john-dow-fisher-gilchrist|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 
==Information==
There are no indications of major threats to this species. It is considered to be of least concern for becoming an endangered species.<ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021" />
 
==Size==
The average length of the ''G. aestuaria'' as an unsexed male is about ten centimeters.<ref name=FishBase>{{cite web|title=Gilchristella aestuaria|url=http://www.fishbase.org/summary/speciessummary.php?id=1556|publisher=Fish Base|access-date=12 February 2013}}</ref>
 
==Habitat==
The ''Gilchristella aestuaria'' can be found in a marine environment and in freshwater. The habitat is located in subtropical climates. This species is primarily found in estuaries, lagoons, lakes, and rivers.<ref name=FishBase /> It is considered an extremely important fish in estuaries of [[South Africa]]&nbsp;.<ref name="Skelton">{{cite book |title=A Complete Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Southern Africa |author=Paul Skelton |publisher=[[Southern Book Publishers]] |year=1993 |ISBN=1-86812-350-2 |pages=390}}</ref> This small [[sardine]]-like fish lives in large shoals and provides an important link in the [[food chain]] as a food source to larger fish and [[water bird]]s.<ref name="Skelton"/> This fish does not survive in an [[aquarium]], presumably dying from capture [[myopathy]] or stress.<ref name="Skelton"/>
 
==Distribution==
The Gilchristella aestuaria is distributed throughout the following areas:
*Africa
*Lake Piti
*Mozambique
*Southern African coast
*Saldanha Bay
*Orange River<ref name=FishBase />
*Namibia
*South Africa
*Eastern Cape Province
*KwaZulu-Natal
*Northern Cape Province <ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021" />
 
==References==
{{Reflist}}
*{{FishBase species |genus= Gilchristella|species= aestuaria| month = June| year = 2011}}▼
 
==External links==
[[Category:Clupeidae]]▼
▲*{{FishBase species |genus= Gilchristella|species= aestuaria| month = June| year = 2011}}
 
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▲[[Category:Clupeidae|Gilchrist's round herring]]
[[Category:Marine fish of Southern Africa]]
[[Category:Fish described in 1913|Gilchrist's round herring]]
[[Category:Taxa named by John Dow Fisher Gilchrist]]
[[Category:Monotypic fish genera]]
[[Category:FishMonotypic ofmarine Africafish genera]]
[[Category:Monotypic ray-finned fish genera]]
 
 
{{Clupeiformes-stub}}
 
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