Chlidichthys_smithae

<i>Chlidichthys smithae</i>

Chlidichthys smithae

Species of fish

Chlidichthys smithae is a species of fish in the family Pseudochromidae.

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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]

Etymology

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

  1. [1]
    Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Chlidichthys smithae" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  2. [2]
    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. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. 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.


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