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The Fishy Smiths

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by Mike Bruton


  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

 

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