| Chlidichthys smithae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Pseudochromidae |
| Genus: | Chlidichthys |
| Species: | C. smithae |
| Binomial name | |
| Chlidichthys smithae Lubbock, 1977 | |
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).
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.
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Chlidichthys smithae". FishBase. February 2015 version.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Series OVALENTARIA (Incertae sedis): Family PSEUDOCHROMIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- 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.
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