Biography
James Leonard Brierley Smith, South African ichthyologist (Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape Province 26 October 1897 – Grahamstown 07 January 1968)
He is most known for describing the first living coelacanth (1939)
Described supraorbitary canal or Smith parafrontal canal and temporal canal or Smith supratemporal canal both in Latimeria chalumnae (1939)
DESCRIBED PISCES TAXA
Valid Genera
Anisochromis 1954
Apogonichthyoides 1949
Argyrozona 1938
Aspasmodes 1957
Austrobatrachus 1949
Barchatus 1952
Batrichthys 1934
Bolbometopon 1956
Bryaninops 1959
Cabillus 1959
Calumia 1958
Cancelloxus 1961
Cetoscarus 1956
Chalinops 1963
Chatrabus 1949
Cheimerius 1938
Chelonodontops 1958
Chlidichthys 1953
Cirrhitops 1951
Clarkichthys 1958
Coryogalops 1958
Croilia 1955
Ctenogobiops 1959
Cymatoceps 1938
Dermatopsoides 1948
Eckloniaichthys 1943
Feia 1959
Fucomimus 1946
Glyptoparus 1959
Halimuraena 1952
Hipposcarus 1956
Hirculops 1959
Hypogaleus 1957
Jaydia 1961
Laiphognathus 1955
Latimeria 1939
Lissonanchus 1966
Luposicya 1959
Muraenoclinus 1946
Nemanthias 1954
Neoscorpis 1931
Oplomops 1959
Palutrus 1959
Paroncheilus 1964
Pavoclinus 1946
Pereulixia 1959
Petrus 1938
Porcostoma 1938
Powellichthys 1966
Psammogobius 1935
Pseudamiops 1954
Ptarmus 1947
Pterogymnus 1938
Richardsonichthys 1958
Riekertia 1952
Saloptia 1964
Sanopus 1952
Silhouettea 1959
Sparodon 1938
Stanulus 1959
Suezichthys 1958
Sufflogobius 1956
Suttonia 1953
Teixeirichthys 1953
Teramulus 1965
Thamnaconus 1949
Tomiyamichthys 1956
Trigloporus 1934
Vanderhorstia 1949
Xenopoclinus 1948
Species
Over 375
HONORS
Smithichthys Hubbs 1952 (Pisces)