Chlidichthys smithae
Appearance
Chlidichthys smithae | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Family: | Pseudochromidae |
Genus: | Chlidichthys |
Species: | C. smithae
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Binomial name | |
Chlidichthys smithae Lubbock, 1977
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Chlidichthys smithae is a species of fish in the family Pseudochromidae.
Description
Chlidichthys smithae is a small-sized fish which grows up to 3.4 cm (1.3 in).[1]
Distribution and habitat
Chlidichthys smithae is found near Mauritius in the Indian Ocean.[1]
Etmyology
The fish is named in honor of Margaret Mary Smith (1916-1987), who was the first director of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology which is now the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity. Smith helped collect the type specimen.[2]
References
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Chlidichthys smithae" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Series OVALENTARIA (Incertae sedis): Family PSEUDOCHROMIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- Fricke, R., 1999. Fishes of the Mascarene Islands (Réunion, Mauritius, Rodriguez): an annotated checklist, with descriptions of new species. Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein, Theses Zoologicae, Vol. 31:759 p.