Congothrissa

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Di Dario, F |year= 2018 |title= Congothrissa gossei |errata= 2019|page= e.T181712A143863329 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T181712A143863329.en|access-date=4 December 2022}}

| genus = Congothrissa

| parent_authority = (Poll, 1964)

| species = gossei

| authority = (Poll, 1964)

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Congothrissa gossei, or the smooth-belly pellonuline, is a herring relative that occurs in the Congo River system of Africa. It is the only member of the genus Congothrissa.