Pomacentrus smithi
Pomacentrus smithi, Smith's damselfish, is a species of damselfish from the family Pomacentridae which is found in the Western Central Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 7 cm in length.[1] The specific name honours the American ichthyologist Hugh McCormick Smith (1865-1941).[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Family: | Pomacentridae |
| Genus: | Pomacentrus |
| Species: | P. smithi |
| Binomial name | |
| Pomacentrus smithi Fowler & Bean, 1928 | |
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2008). "Pomacentrus smithi" in FishBase. December 2008 version.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (29 August 2018). "Subseries OVALENTARIA (Incertae sedis): Family POMACENTRIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
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