Biology:Chlidichthys smithae
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Scientific classification 
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| 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]
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Chlidichthys smithae" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ↑ "Series OVALENTARIA (Incertae sedis): Family PSEUDOCHROMIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/pseudochromidae/.
- 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q2857597 entry
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