was a Japanese ichthyologist and professor of

zoology Zoology ()The pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon. is the branch of biology that studies the Animal, animal kingdom, including the anatomy, structure, embryology, evolution, Biological clas ...

at the Imperial University of Tokyo. He published numerous works on fishes and sharks and co-authored a book on Japanese fish with famous American scientist

David Starr Jordan David Starr Jordan (January 19, 1851 – September 19, 1931) was the founding president of Stanford University, serving from 1891 to 1913. He was an ichthyologist during his research career. Prior to serving as president of Stanford Univer ...

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Jordan, D. S., S. Tanaka, and J. O. Snyder. 1913. A catalogue of the fishes of Japan. J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, Vol. 33 (article 1): 1–497.

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The genus Tanakia D. S. Jordan & W. F. Thompson 1914 was named for Tanaka, as an “accomplished” ichthyologist of the Imperial University of Tokyo, who described ''

Tanakia shimazui ''Tanakia shimazui'' is a species of fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is endemic to Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and i ...

'' in 1908 and ''

Pseudorhodeus tanago The Tokyo bitterling (''Tanakia tanago'') is a temperate freshwater fish of the carp family (Cyprinidae). Taxonomically, it belongs to the subfamily Acheilognathinae. The species was first described as ''Rhodeus tanago'' by Shigeho Tanaka in 1 ...

'' in 1909.

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*''Kochi University Biography''(in Japanes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tanaka, Shigeho 1878 births 1974 deaths Japanese ichthyologists

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