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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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Pseudochromidae |
| Subfamily: | Congrogadinae |
| Genus: | Rusichthys Winterbottom, 1979[1] |
| Type species | |
| Rusichthys plesiomorphus Winterbottom 1979[2]
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Species
editThe following species are classified in the genus Rusichthys:[4]
- Rusichthys explicitus Winterbottom, 1996
- Rusichthys plesiomorphus Winterbottom, 1979
References
edit- ^ Bailly N, ed. (2014). "Rusichthys Smith, 1952". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Rusichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). Rusichthys "Species in genus 'Rusichthys'". FishBase. June 2018 version.
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