Gilchristella aestuaria

Fish

Usual depth1–3 m
Water temperature15–25 °C
Best monthsFebruary, March, and May
How commonRare

About this species

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).

Text from the Wikipedia article “Gilchristella”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 14 records
February: 32 records
March: 27 records
April: 9 records
May: 26 records
June: 11 records
July: 24 records
August: 26 records
September: 15 records
October: 22 records
November: 23 records
December: 19 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–3 m · Deepest record: 17 m

0–10 m: 46 records
10–20 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 15–25 °C

14–16 °C: 10 records
16–18 °C: 2 records
18–20 °C: 29 records
20–22 °C: 44 records
22–24 °C: 37 records
24–26 °C: 23 records

Names and classification

Other scientific names: Gilchristella aestuarius, Spratelloides aestuarius, Stolephorus aestuarius

Similar species

Ganges river sprat
Corica soborna

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
241 open-data records from 1913 to 2023.

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