''Meiacanthus smithi'', the disco blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the eastern Indian ocean. This species grows to a length of TL. It is also commonly known as Smith's fangblenny, Smith's sawtail blenny or Smith's harp-tail blenny. This species is also found in the

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Etymology

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James Leonard Brierley Smith (1897–1968) of Rhodes University in Grahamstown.

References

disco blenny Fish of the Indian Ocean Fish of Sri Lanka Fauna of Sumatra Fauna of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands disco blenny Taxa named by Wolfgang Klausewitz {{Blenniidae-stub