Pungtungia Shiraii
''Pungtungia shiraii'' is a species of cyprinid fish found in Japan. Etymology Named in honor of Kunihiko Shirai, Bureau of Game and Hunting of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, who obtained a collection of fishes downstream of the Tama River The is a major river in Yamanashi, Kanagawa and Tokyo Prefectures on Honshū, Japan. It is officially classified as a Class 1 river by the Japanese government. Its total length is , and the total of the river's basin area spans . The river ..., including type of this one, and “kindly forwarded to the writer for identification”. References Pungtungia Taxa named by Masamitsu Ōshima Fish described in 1957 {{Cyprinidae-stub ...
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Masamitsu Ōshima
was a Japanese herpetologist and ichthyologist. He received his Master's from Stanford University. He is noted for studies of the fish species of Taiwan and on snakes. Taxon described by him *See :Taxa named by Masamitsu Ōshima *'' Squalidus iijimae'' Named in honor of zoologist Isao lijima. *'' Pungtungia shiraii'' Named in honor of Kunihiko Shirai. *''Aphyocypris kikuchii'' Named in honor of Yonetaro Kikuchi (1869–1921), collector for the Taipei Museum in Formosa (Taiwan), who collected the type specimen. *''Barbodes snyderi'' Snyder's barb. *''Oncorhynchus masou formosanus'' *''Spinibarbus hollandi ''Spinibarbus hollandi'' is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Taiwan. It grows to length. Named in honor of zoologist-paleontologist William J. Holland (1848-1932), Director of the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh Carnegie Museums of Pitt ...'' Named in honor of zoologist-paleontologist William J. Holland. Partial bibliography *A Review of the Fishes of the ...
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