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Gilchristella aestuaria, Gilchrist's round herring : fisheries, bait
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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Clupeiformes
(Herrings) >
Ehiravidae
(River sprats)
Etymology:
Gilchristella:
Because of John Gilchrist, father of the South African ichthyology; Cape Town, 1925
.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; freshwater; brackish; pelagic-neritic; amphidromous. Subtropical; 25°S - 36°S, 17°E - 34°E (Ref.
188
)
Africa: Lake Piti, Mozambique, along south and east coasts of South Africa to Saldanha Bay (Ref.
188
,
3509
), and as far north as the Olifants River on the west coast (Ref.
7248
), possibly to mouth of Orange River (Ref.
188
,
3259
). Also reported from Madagascar (Ref.
3509
,
13333
), but its presence is not confirmed; it is probably based on confusion with
Sauvagella madagascariensis
, while
Gilchristella aestuaria
does not occur in Madagascar (Ref.
33664
). Reported occurrence in India (Ref.
32693
) is of dubious validity (Ref.
33664
). Currently a single species, but at least two forms, possibly different species, are known (Ref.
52193
).
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: L
m
2.8
, range 2 - 3 cm
Max length : 9.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref.
52193
); max. reported age: 6 years (Ref.
7248
)
Dorsal
spines
(total): 0;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 14-15;
Anal
spines
: 0;
Anal
soft rays
: 20. Diagnosis: Body rather compressed, belly rounded, with 6 to 9 thin unkeeled pre-pelvic scutes followed by an equally thin pelvic scute, all with slender ascending arms; no post-pelvic scutes; snout pointed, lower jaw a little prominent, with a single row of fine teeth in each jaw; posterior supra-maxilla paddle-shaped; gillrakers 39 to 76, gillrakers small but present on posterior face of third epibranchial; pelvic fin with i-7 finrays, under or a little before dorsal fin origin (Ref.
188
). Resembles
Spratelloides
species or juvenile
Etrumeus
and
Dussumieria
, but pre-pelvic scutes present; other clupeids occuring in same area have keeled pre-pelvic and post-pelvic scutes (Ref.
188
).
Occurs in the sea, but found mostly in estuaries; also found in landlocked brackish and freshwater lagoons (Ref.
93596
), also rivers and lakes (Ref.
188
). Maximum size 10 cm (Ref.
4967
). Entire life cycle is completed in the estuary (Ref.
32693
). Breeds throughout the year with a peak in spring and early summer (Ref.
7248
,
52193
). Maturity may be attained within the first or second year and an age of up to 5 or 6 years is recorded (Ref.
7248
,
52193
). Feeds chiefly on zooplankton by filtering or selecting individual organisms from the water column (Ref.
7248
,
52193
). It can tolerate salinities under 4 ppt and of up to 52.6 ppt (Ref.
32693
). Utilized fresh or dried and salted (Ref.
12484
).
A semelparous species that grows to maturity and spawns in one year (Ref.
34361
).
Skelton, P.H.
, 1993. A complete guide to the freshwater fishes of southern Africa. Southern Book Publishers. 388 p. (Ref.
7248
)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref.
130435
)
Least Concern (LC)
; Date assessed:
01 March 2007
CITES
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: subsistence fisheries; bait: usually
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804
): PD
50
= 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00955 (0.00477 - 0.01914), b=3.06 (2.88 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245
).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278
): 3.1 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179
): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (tm=0.5).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153
): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref.
80766
):
Low
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