Rusichthys
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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 African ichthyologist James Leonard Brierley Smith[3]
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Rusichthys | |
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Scientific 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] |
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