Výskyt
Rudé moře, endemit.
Typová lokalita
Egypt, Hurghada, 300 yards north of pier of Institute of Oceanography & Fisheries, Red Sea, 27°16'38"N, 33°47'1"E.
Velikost
10,5 cm SL.
Etymologie
Druh pojmenován na počest Shirleen Smithové z National Museum of Natural History (USA).
Původní popis
Randall, J. E. & Victor, B. C. 2015. Descriptions of thirty-four new species of the fish genus Pempheris (Perciformes: Pempheridae), with a key to the species of the western Indian Ocean. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 18: 1-77.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2025. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.
Randall, J. E. & Victor, B. C. 2015. Descriptions of thirty-four new species of the fish genus Pempheris (Perciformes: Pempheridae), with a key to the species of the western Indian Ocean. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 18: 1-77.
Scharpf, C. 2025. The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. World Wide Web.