Common name of Gilchristella aestuaria
 
Common name Estuarine round-herring
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country South Africa
Locality
Ref. Skelton, P.H., 2001
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core
1st modifier
2nd modifier
Remarks 'herring', from Old English 'haering', i.e., the gray fish, from prehistoric West Germanic 'kheringgaz', i.e., 'kher' = English 'hoar', i.e., silvery gray color of herring (p. 281 in Ref. 11979). Also Ref. 3259, 5214, 7248, 9703, 54004, 118225.
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