John Alexander Smith

John Alexander Smith, ornithologist, ichthyologist.

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Publications edit

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  • Smith, J.A. 1865. Notice of a new genus of ganoid fish allied to the genus Polypterus (Geoff.-St-Hillaire), recently received from Old Calabar. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh 3: 273–278.
  • Smith, J.A. 1875. Notice of new fishes from West Africa. I. Ophiocephalus obscurus, Günther. II. Synodontis robbianus nov. spec. mihi. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh 8: 89–95.