''Rusichthys'' is a
genus of
ray-finned fishes, classified under the
subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...
Congrogadinae
Congrogadinae is a subfamily of ray-finned fishes, one of four subfamilies that make up the family Pseudochromidae, these elongated fish are commonly called eel-blennies.
Characteristics
The species in the subfamily Congrogadidae have elongat ...
, the eel blennies, part of the
dottyback
The dottybacks are a family, Pseudochromidae, of fishes which were formerly classified in the order Perciformes, but this has been revised and the family is regarded as of uncertain affinities, or '' incertae sedis'' within the Ovalentaria, a ...
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
Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish, including bony fish ( Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes), and jawless fish (Agnatha). According to FishBase, 33,400 species of fish had been described as of Octobe ...
James Leonard Brierley Smith
Species
The following species are classified in the genus ''Rusichthys'':
* ''
Rusichthys explicitus''
Winterbottom, 1996
* ''
Rusichthys plesiomorphus''
Winterbottom, 1979
References
{{Taxonbar, From=Q2069587
Congrogadinae