The Fishy Smiths
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Latimeriidae 76, 95, 217
Le May, Basil 117, 145, 155, 156
Le May, Hugh 117, 153, 155, 156
Le Roux, Etienne 324
Lefebvre, Ann 164
leopards 131
leprosy 131
leptocephalus 242
Letley, Captain P 184
lionfishes 62
lions 131, 132, 135, 136
live-bearers 217, 240, 242
lobe-finned fishes 67
Locke, Hester 157, 158, 160
longfin eel 120
Lourenço Marques 37, 59, 118, 120, 125, 145, 157, 208, 213, 238, 267
Lundie, Arnold 86
lungfishes 71, 77, 83, 202, 203, 203
Lurio River 118
Luzonichthys addisi 318
Lycondontis lemayi 118
Lyle, Alice 79, 80, 81
M
Macdonald, Chisholm 52, 53
Macdonald, Flora – see Sholto-Douglas (née Macdonald), Flora
Macdonald, Helen 53
Macdonald, Margaret Mary – see Smith, Margaret
Macdonald, William Chisholm 51
Machangulo 118
Macolor niger 150
Macropoma 76
Macroramphosus gracilis 69
Madagascar 169, 194, 195, 196, 197, 240
magenta splitfin 318
Malan, Daniel François (‘DF’) 176, 177, 178, 186, 187, 236, 236, 266, 267
Malania anjouanae 181, 187, 200, 317
Malherbe, Ernst G 10, 11, 11, 12, 13
mammals 93, 128
Maputo 37, 59, 118, 238
Margaret Smith House 311
Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer Hall 311
Marlin (ski boat) 287
Matsuura, Keiichi 228
Mayotte 175, 180, 191
Menaché, Maurice 193, 194
Merron, Glenn 310
Meyer, Frikkie 10, 11, 12
Millot, Jacques 170, 193, 194, 195, 196, 196, 199
Mills, William Hobson 15
mini-clingfish 319
missing link 189, 203
Moheli 191
Monishia william 318
moray eel 118, 135
mosquitoes 125, 131
Mozambique 62, 60, 59, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 130, 131, 132, 135, 137, 142, 145, 151, 208, 286
Mozambique Island 123, 136
Murray, Andrew 29
Murray, John 29
Murray, Maria 29
Mutsamudu 170, 174, 181, 194, 195, 198
Myctophum (Nasolychnus) florentii 41
N
N’duwaro (schooner) 171, 188
Nairobi 193, 194
National Fish Collection 245, 292
National Research Foundation 283
natural selection 67, 76, 127, 201, 203
Nauria addisi 318
Neale, Captain J 90
Neethling, Dominee Johannes Henoch 29
Neethling, Henrietta Christiana 30
Nel, Janie 10, 11
Nemipteridae 59
Nerine (trawler) 68, 69, 91, 93
new species 98, 118, 120, 124, 129, 141, 142, 215, 216, 229, 245, 285, 289, 292, 317, 318, 319
Nielsen, Jürgen 78
Nieu-Bethesda 29, 30
Norman, John Roxborough (‘JR’) 76
Nothobranchius 172
Nothobranchius jubbi 245
notochord 182
nutritional value (of fish) 241
O
obituary 323
Oceanographic Research Institute, Durban 251
oilfish 170
Old Fourlegs book 83, 107, 214, 230–237, 238, 266, 320
onderbaadjie (fish) 217
Ophidion smithi 319
Opisthognathus margaretae 319
P
Page, RA 17
pain (in fishes) 241
Pamanzi 175, 179, 183
Parker, HW 40
Parkin, Patricia (‘Pat’) 157, 160, 164
parrotfishes 208
partnership in scientific research 59, 61, 256, 272, 306, 307, 309, 321, 322
pawpaw poisoning 133
peer review 227, 265, 318
Pemba Island 120, 143
Pentapodidae 59
Pervagor melanocephalus 217
Pervagor scanleni 217
Petite-Terre 175
Pherallodus smithi 319
pheromones 44, 242
photography 15, 78, 119, 122, 130, 131, 182, 196, 208, 228, 235, 239, 287, 289
picarel 69
Pienaar, Barend Theodorus 29
Pienaar, Henriette – see Smith (née Pienaar), Henriette Cecile
Pienaar, Pieter Johannes (‘JP’) 30
Pienaar, Theodorus (‘Theo’) Barend 30, 30
Pinda 118, 119, 121, 121, 132, 135
Piveteauia 197
Plettenberg Bay 120
poison 144, 151, 203
poisonous fishes 136, 137, 138, 139
Pollachius virens 220, 221
pollution 203
Pomatomus saltatrix 42, 294, 294
Pondoland 118
Ponte Abril 118
Ponte de Barra Falsa 120
Ponte Torres 118
Pope, William J 15
Port Elizabeth 53, 60, 61, 68, 175, 216, 248, 304
Port St Johns 120
Porto Amelia 118
Portuguese officials 208
Poss, Stuart 228
Pote, Jean 247, 264, 264, 281, 285
pranks 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 43, 183, 185
predation 150, 169, 182, 202, 203
prehistoric fish 64
press cuttings 212, 213
prey 165, 182, 203, 217
Prosperi, Franco 196
Providence Atoll 207
Pseudobarbus afer 318
Pseudobarbus senticeps 318
Pseudocheilinus margaretae 318, 319
public-spiritedness 297, 306
puffers 62
pythons 132
Q
Quirimbas Archipelago 118, 286
Quisava Island 131
R
Ralston, Lieutenant Duncan 179, 184
Randall, Jack 228, 288, 288, 289
Rattray, George 89
rays 182, 197, 228, 253
Read, Arland 217
redtail filefish 217
remoras 240
Rennie, John 97, 98, 261
Rennie, JVL (‘Jack’) 80, 81, 81, 97, 102, 192, 249, 261
reptiles 71, 93, 128, 202
Reti, Ladislao 87
Rhodes University 54, 277, 278, 280, 292, 326
Rhodes University College 326
Ribbink, Tony 310
river goby 318
Rivett, DEA (‘Doug’) 21, 21, 22, 23, 24, 235, 313
Robineau, Daniel 196
Roos, Paul 13, 13
rotenone 283
Ryan, Audrey 103, 107, 209
S
saithe 220, 221
Sauer, Paul 11
scaly dragonfish 291
scaly sandlance 98
Schauer, Jürgen 150
Schonland, Selmar 19
Schonland, Sir Basil 14, 112, 162
Schultz, LP 110
Schumann, ET 11
science and technology 112, 116, 235
Scientific Council for Africa 193
scientific illustration 159
Scorpaenidae 137
Scorpaenopsis diabolus 137
scorpionfish 139
seahorses 240
Second South African War 51
Second World War 40, 47, 68, 111, 112, 115, 171, 179, 235
sense of sight (in fishes) 219, 220
sense of smell (in fishes) 219
Serenichthys kowiensis 67, 68, 81
Seychelles 100, 120, 128, 196, 207, 227, 238
shad 43, 294, 294, 296, 297
shallow-water fishes 168, 170
sharks 43, 70, 131, 143, 147, 150, 170, 182, 196, 197, 228, 240, 242, 297, 312
shipwrecks 188, 189
Sholto-Douglas (née Macdonald), Flora 52, 53, 272, 273, 298, 301, 305
Sholto-Douglas, Robert 53, 298
shortfin pipefish 319
silver conger 132
Simochromis margaretae 319
sixgill hagfish 43
sixgill stingray 43, 216, 319
skates 253
Skelton, Paul 246, 246, 282, 283, 310
slender snipefish 69
Smith (née Beck), Emily Ann 1
Smith (née Follesø), Gerd 32, 33, 247
Smith (née Macdonald), Margaret Mary – see Smith, Margaret
Smith (née Pienaar), Henriette Cecile 29–34 (including 31), 45, 55, 57, 58, 61, 300
Smith, Bob – see Smith, Robert Brierley (‘Bob’)
Smith, Cathy 33
Smith, Cecile (‘Pats’) Brierley 31, 33, 34, 58
Smith, Cyril 2
Smith, Dave 228
Smith, Donald 33
Smith, GG 85
Smith, Gladys 2
Smith, James Leonard Brierley – see Smith, JLB
Smith, Jenny 107, 108, 305
Smith, JLB 10, 15, 32, 73, 104, 110, 119, 122, 130, 131, 136, 137, 142, 180, 182, 187, 194, 227, 236, 245, 251, 270, 282
Smith, JLB: Albany Museum 36, 39, 40, 60, 83, 84, 243, 257
Smith, JLB: Aliwal North 4
Smith, JLB: angling 10, 16, 16, 28, 33, 34, 35, 36, 36, 37, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 112, 170, 296, 312
Smith, JLB: awards and honours 9, 10, 14, 21, 24, 41, 60, 82, 84, 114, 249, 311, 312, 313, 315
Smith, JLB: bee-keeping 35
Smith, JLB: bicycle accident 7, 56, 223
Smith, JLB: Bishops – see Diocesan College
Smith, JLB: boat Blikkie 214, 215
Smith, JLB: Burundi 9
Smith, JLB: Cambridge University 4, 15, 30, 41
Smith, JLB: Cape Town 4, 7, 30, 43, 68, 185, 186, 236, 265
Smith, JLB: career 20, 35, 36, 39, 113, 156, 317
Smith, JLB: character 24, 124, 255, 257, 259
Smith, JLB: chemistry 3, 4, 5, 10, 14, 15, 17, 20, 36, 37, 48, 49, 58, 59, 111, 113, 235, 248, 311, 313, 315, 320
Smith, JLB: Chemistry Department (at Rhodes) 16, 18, 20, 25, 54, 111, 113, 159
Smith, JLB: childhood 1, 1, 3, 3, 35, 37, 276
Smith, JLB: children 33, 58, 96, 97, 99, 294
Smith, JLB: classification of fishes 37
Smith, JLB: commemorating plaque 200
Smith, JLB: correspondence 59, 219, 220, 221, 222
Smith, JLB: Courtenay-Latimer, Marjorie 63, 66, 71, 72, 80, 82, 92, 188, 247
Smith, JLB: criticism 213, 266
Smith, JLB: cyanide 26, 248
Smith, JLB: De Aar 4
Smith, JLB: death 95, 111, 227, 247, 248, 249, 271, 320
Smith, JLB: describing the coelacanth 75, 76
Smith, JLB: diet 98, 100, 109, 110, 140, 256, 260, 261
Smith, JLB: Diocesan College 3, 4, 5, 6, 6, 7, 30
Smith, JLB: divorce 33, 34, 61
Smith, JLB: dog Marlin 214, 214, 215, 264
Smith, JLB: drawing illustrations 41, 41
Smith, JLB: dress code 208, 259, 260
Smith, JLB: East Africa 9, 17, 26, 38, 49, 57, 59, 109, 111, 116, 117–133, 141, 146, 147, 148, 169, 207, 213, 239, 320
Smith, JLB: East London Museum 84
Smith, JLB: eccentricity 31, 59, 81, 97, 154, 211, 259, 265, 270
Smith, JLB: exercise 33, 36, 45, 109, 111, 126, 247
Smith, JLB: faux pas 198
Smith, JLB: fin formula 42
Smith, JLB: first marriage 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 58, 61
Smith, JLB: First World War 3, 7, 49, 56, 110, 144
Smith, JLB: fish numbers 43
Smith, JLB: fishing trawlers 68
Smith, JLB: gatherings and conferences 258
Smith, JLB: German East Africa 3, 9
Smith, JLB: Graaff-Reinet 1, 3
Smith, JLB: Grahamstown 16, 17, 21–28, 31, 33, 34, 36, 37, 59, 75, 248, 257, 262
Smith, JLB: health 4, 7, 9, 10, 26, 49, 56, 58, 109, 223, 224, 225, 247, 255, 262, 317, 320
Smith, JLB: Heavenly Quartet 10, 11, 12
Smith, JLB: house ‘Blue House’ 36, 63, 98, 185
Smith, JLB: house ‘Eastford House’ 2
Smith, JLB: house ‘Steenbras’ 75
Smith, JLB: household 160, 193, 260
Smith, JLB: ichthyologist 20, 32, 37, 39, 49, 65, 77, 80, 83, 107, 230, 254, 315
Smith, JLB: identification keys for fishes 41, 42, 43
Smith, JLB: international reputation 238
Smith, JLB: JLB’s Rock 46, 107, 108, 236
Smith, JLB: Karoo 35
Smith, JLB: Knysna 1, 2, 33, 35, 36, 37, 45, 46, 63, 71, 79, 80, 82, 98, 107, 185, 214, 215, 230, 231, 236, 265, 268, 269
Smith, JLB: languages 62
Smith, JLB: lecturer 17, 18, 23, 25, 32, 35, 55, 114, 123, 130, 159
Smith, JLB: lifestyle 47
Smith, JLB: loner 75, 253, 254, 257, 262, 320, 321, 322
Smith, JLB: Margaret Mary Macdonald 55, 56, 58
Smith, JLB: memorable catch 242
Smith, JLB: mentor and advisor 252, 315, 316
Smith, JLB: military training 9
Smith, JLB: MSc degree 14
Smith, JLB: Noupoort 4
Smith, JLB: organic chemist 26, 47, 248, 260, 311, 313
Smith, JLB: organic chemistry 19, 21–28, 44, 48, 54, 113, 313
Smith, JLB: ox-wagon 36, 47
Smith, JLB: personal appearance 123
Smith, JLB: personality 18, 79, 112, 250, 256, 320, 322
Smith, JLB: PhD degree 15
Smith, JLB: photographic memory 18, 65, 79, 255
Smith, JLB: physics 235
Smith, JLB: plants 21, 45, 49, 111
Smith, JLB: politics 3, 266, 267
Smith, JLB: pranks 10, 11, 12, 13, 13, 15, 43
Smith, JLB: Professor of Ichthyology 114
Smith, JLB: publications 37, 38, 40, 41, 48, 49, 111, 141, 153, 215, 227, 228, 234, 238, 239, 240, 313, 314, 315, 318
Smith, JLB: publicity seeking 38, 156, 187, 188, 254, 265
Smith, JLB: racist opinions 266, 267, 268
Smith, JLB: radio talks 82, 184, 215, 230, 234, 235, 236, 239, 315
Smith, JLB: religion 274
Smith, JLB: research 7, 15, 21, 24, 26, 28, 36, 39, 41, 48, 49, 59, 68, 82, 100, 111, 113, 117, 122, 153, 159, 161, 226, 252, 317
Smith, JLB: Rhodes University College 16, 35, 156
Smith, JLB: risk-taker 46, 147
Smith, JLB: rugby 16
Smith, JLB: Rwanda 9
Smith, JLB: Sea Fishes book 42, 43, 68, 75, 84, 141, 153–166, 177, 178, 215, 216, 220, 228, 235, 244, 287, 288, 289, 291, 304, 314, 315, 320
Smith, JLB: species described by him 41, 59, 317
Smith, JLB: species named after him 319, 319
Smith, JLB: sport 10, 27, 27
Smith, JLB: Stellenbosch 3, 4, 9–14, 15, 30
Smith, JLB: Tanzania 9
Smith, JLB: teaching 23, 25, 48, 59, 111, 311
Smith, JLB: textbooks 48, 111
Smith, JLB: tributes 252, 253, 254, 316
Smith, JLB: unconventional collecting 152
Smith, JLB: Victoria College 3, 9, 10, 14, 15, 30
Smith, JLB: weight formulae for fishes 43
Smith, JLB: work ethic 47, 49, 97, 125, 128, 320
Smith, JLB: writing style 240
Smith, JLB: Wynberg 3, 4, 9
Smith, Joseph 1, 2, 3, 30
Smith, Margaret 53, 100, 104, 119, 122, 130, 131, 136, 140, 182, 186, 199, 215, 227, 245, 264, 270, 285, 295, 298, 302, 303
Smith, Margaret: awards and honours 115, 302, 303, 310, 311, 312, 315
Smith, Margaret: BSc degree 55
Smith, Margaret: career in scientific illustration 41
Smith, Margaret: charity work 302, 303
Smith, Margaret: Chemistry Department 55
Smith, Margaret: childhoo
d 52, 52, 60
Smith, Margaret: children 294, 299
Smith, Margaret: collecting fishes 151, 151
Smith, Margaret: commemorating plaque 311
Smith, Margaret: death 305
Smith, Margaret: devotion to JLB 272, 275, 321
Smith, Margaret: diet 261, 299
Smith, Margaret: directorship 259, 271, 278, 281, 284, 287, 292, 294, 302, 309
Smith, Margaret: diving 61, 129, 134, 135, 142
Smith, Margaret: dress code 274, 301
Smith, Margaret: early life 54
Smith, Margaret: fish artist 57, 62, 129, 130, 141, 158, 160, 238, 239, 253, 280, 289, 303, 310
Smith, Margaret: gatherings and conferences 54, 259, 271, 293, 294, 300, 302, 308, 309
Smith, Margaret: Grahamstown 53, 54, 58, 59, 271, 277, 280, 298, 305
Smith, Margaret: health 57, 60, 289, 304, 305
Smith, Margaret: house ‘Inverness’ 52, 53
Smith, Margaret: household 160, 193, 260, 298, 299
Smith, Margaret: Indwe 52, 53, 60
Smith, Margaret: JLB Smith 55, 56, 56
Smith, Margaret: languages 62
Smith, Margaret: mathematical ability 57
Smith, Margaret: music 53, 55, 275, 297, 299
Smith, Margaret: personal appearance 123, 271, 273, 274
Smith, Margaret: personality 54, 57, 271, 272, 274, 288, 300, 301, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 322
Smith, Margaret: professional attitude 276
Smith, Margaret: publications 285, 303, 314
Smith, Margaret: religion 274
Smith, Margaret: retirement 298, 302, 309, 310
Smith, Margaret: Rhodes University College 53, 54, 55
Smith, Margaret: species described by her 319
Smith, Margaret: species named after her 318, 319, 319
Smith, Margaret: stepmother of three 58
Smith, Margaret: teaching 55
Smith, Margaret: transformation 271, 272, 273
Smith, Margaret: wheelchair 290, 304, 305, 311, 311
Smith, Margaret: world tour 278, 279
Smith, Robert Brierley (‘Bob’) 29, 32, 33, 34, 45, 57, 185, 247
Smith, Shirley Brierley 33, 33, 34, 58
Smith, William Macdonald 13, 27, 58, 61, 76, 96–108 (including 97, 99, 100, 102, 103, 104, 106, 107), 119, 120, 124, 129, 135, 186, 187, 200, 207, 209, 211, 270, 318
Smith Woodward, Sir Arthur 65, 76, 80
smooth-scale goby 319
Smuts, General Jan 3, 4, 9, 176, 177, 266, 267
snakes 131, 135
Sodwana Bay 287, 324
Somerset West 2, 4, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB) 40, 206, 283, 292
South African Museum 65, 83, 84
Spannenberg, Rose 264, 281
Sparidae 165
Spicara australis 69
Springbok rugby 30, 210, 260
SS Pickle (research vessel) 39
St Lucia 287
St Pierre 207
Stellenbosch University 9, 29
stingray 216
Stobbs, Robin 86, 147, 310
Stomias gracilis 291