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Rusichthys

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Rusichthys
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Pseudochromidae
Subfamily: Congrogadinae
Genus: Rusichthys
Winterbottom, 1979[1]
Type species
Rusichthys plesiomorphus
Winterbottom 1979[2]

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 African ichthyologist James Leonard Brierley Smith[3]

Species

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The following species are classified in the genus Rusichthys:[4]

References

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  1. ^ Bailly N, ed. (2014). "Rusichthys Smith, 1952". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  2. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Rusichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  3. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (30 April 2018). "Subseries OVALENTARIA (Incertae sedis): Family PSEUDOCHROMIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  4. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). Rusichthys "Species in genus 'Rusichthys'". FishBase. June 2018 version.