Biology:Rusichthys
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Short description: Genus of fishes
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Family: | Pseudochromidae |
| Subfamily: | Congrogadinae |
| Genus: | Rusichthys Winterbottom, 1979[1] |
| Type species | |
| Rusichthys plesiomorphus Winterbottom 1979[2]
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Rusichthys is a genus of ray-finned fishes, classified under the subfamily Congrogadinae, the eel blennies, part of the dottyback family, Pseudochromidae, from the western Indian Ocean. The generic name is a compound of the acronym RUSI which stands for Rhodes University Smith Institute and thus honours the South Africa n ichthyologist James Leonard Brierley Smith[3]
Species
The following species are classified in the genus Rusichthys:[4]
- Rusichthys explicitus Winterbottom, 1996
- Rusichthys plesiomorphus Winterbottom, 1979
References
- ↑ "Rusichthys Smith, 1952". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. 2014. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205279.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Rusichthys". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=8194.
- ↑ "Subseries OVALENTARIA (Incertae sedis): Family PSEUDOCHROMIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 30 April 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/pseudochromidae/.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Rusichthys Species of 'Rusichthys' in FishBase. June 2018 version.
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