Disco blenny
Species of fish
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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 8.5 centimetres (3.3 in) 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 aquarium trade.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Blenniidae |
| Genus: | Meiacanthus |
| Species: | M. smithi |
| Binomial name | |
| Meiacanthus smithi Klausewitz, 1962 | |
Etymology
The specific name honours the South African chemist and ichthyologist James Leonard Brierley Smith (1897–1968) of Rhodes University in Grahamstown.[3]
