Meiacanthus_smithi

Disco blenny

Disco blenny

Species of fish

Meiacanthus smithi, the disco blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the eastern Indian Ocean. This species grows to a length of 8.5 centimetres (3.3 in) TL. It is also commonly known as Smith's fangblenny, Smith's sawtail blenny or Smith's harp-tail blenny. This species is also found in the aquarium trade.[2]

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Etymology

The specific name honours the South African chemist and ichthyologist James Leonard Brierley Smith (1897–1968) of Rhodes University in Grahamstown.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Williams, J.T. (2014). "Meiacanthus smithi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48342445A48403061. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T48342445A48403061.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. [2]
    Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Meiacanthus smithi" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
  3. [3]
    Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (26 October 2018). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Family BLENNIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 1 April 2019.


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