Rusichthys

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria

Familia: Pseudochromidae
Subfamilia: Congrogadinae
Genus: Rusichthys
Species: R. explicitus – R. plesiomorphus
Name

Rusichthys Winterbottom, 1979
References

Rusichthys – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Rusichthys species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

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]
Species

The following species are classified in the genus Rusichthys:[4]

Rusichthys explicitus Winterbottom, 1996
Rusichthys plesiomorphus Winterbottom, 1979

References

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 and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Rusichthys Species of 'Rusichthys' in FishBase. June 2018 version.