| Rusichthys | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Pseudochromidae |
| Subfamily: | Congrogadinae |
| Genus: | Rusichthys Winterbottom, 19791 |
| Type species | |
| Rusichthys plesiomorphus Winterbottom 19792
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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 Smith3
Species
The following species are classified in the genus Rusichthys:4
- Rusichthys explicitus Winterbottom, 1996
- Rusichthys plesiomorphus Winterbottom, 1979
References
References
- Bailly N, ed. (2014). "Rusichthys Smith, 1952". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & 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.