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Rusichthys
Sign in to saveRusichthys 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
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyPseudochromidae
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- Family
- Pseudochromidae
- Collections
- USNM
- Recorded in
- Oman
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- Parent taxon
- Congrogadinae
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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
==Species== The following species are classified in the genus Rusichthys: Rusichthys explicitus Winterbottom, 1996 Rusichthys plesiomorphus Winterbottom, 1979
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