Yaichirō Okada
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was a Japanese
zoologist 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 kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and d ...
. He was born in Ishikawa Prefecture. Okada studied at the Imperial Fisheries Institute (now
Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology , abbreviated as , is a national university in Japan. The main campus (Shinagawa Campus) is located in Minato, Tokyo and another campus (Etchujima Campus) is in Kōtō, Tokyo. History The university was established in 2003 with a merger of ...
). He was a professor at Tokyo Higher Normal School (now
University of Tsukuba is a public research university located in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. It is a top 10 Designated National University, and was ranked Type A by the Japanese government as part of the Top Global University Project. The university has 28 colle ...
), and after
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he taught at Mie University from 1950, where he was dean of Fisheries. After retirement he served as a professor at
Tokai University is a private non-sectarian higher education institution located in Tokyo, Japan. It was founded by Dr. Shigeyoshi Matsumae. It was accredited under Japan's old educational system in 1946 and under the new system in 1950. In 2008, Tokai Un ...
. As a zoologist, has contributed in the field of fish taxonomy, as well as reptiles and amphibians. Okada's primary work in English was ''Fishes of Japan'', which published in 1955 by Maruzen and subsequently issued in revised editions.


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20th-century Japanese zoologists Japanese mammalogists 1892 births 1976 deaths People from Ishikawa Prefecture Academic staff of the University of Tsukuba Academic staff of Tokai University {{Japan-bio-stub