Jaydia smithi Kotthaus, 1970

Bogorodsky, Sergey V., Alpermann, Tilman J., Mal, Ahmad O. & Gabr, Mohamed H., 2014, Survey of demersal fishes from southern Saudi Arabia, with five new records for the Red Sea, Zootaxa 3852 (4), pp. 401-437 : 420-421

Jaydia smithi Kotthaus, 1970

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Material examined. SMF 35010 (5: 6.3–7.7 cm); SMF 35013 (2: 8.0– 8.2 cm); KAUMM 61 (4: 6.1–7.0 cm); KAUMM 62 (2: 6.5–8.1 cm); KAUMM 64 (1: 7.3 cm).

Remarks. Gon & Randall (2003) reviewed the cardinalfishes of the Red Sea and examined 14 specimens of Jaydia smithi , however, they did not show the color pattern of the species when freshly collected. Here we present a photo of a fresh specimen that agrees well with the description of specimens given in Gon & Randall (2003) for comparison with the two other Red Sea species of the genus, J. novaeguineae and J. queketti .

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FIGURE 8. Jaydia smithi, SMF 35013, 8.2 cm SL, Jizan, Saudi Arabia.