Chlidichthys smithae explained

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

Description

Chlidichthys smithae is a small-sized fish which grows up to .

Distribution and habitat

Chlidichthys smithae is found near Mauritius in the Indian Ocean.

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.^[1]

References

• 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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Series OVALENTARIA (Incertae sedis): Family PSEUDOCHROMIDAE . 31 January 2022 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 22 September 2018 . 8 November 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201108171554/http://www.etyfish.org/pseudochromidae/ . dead .