Pungtungia shiraii
Appearance
Pungtungia shiraii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Gobioninae |
Genus: | Pungtungia |
Species: | P. shiraii
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Binomial name | |
Pungtungia shiraii Ōshima, 1957
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Pungtungia shiraii is a species of cyprinid fish found in Japan.[1]
Etymology
[edit]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, including type of this one, and “kindly forwarded to the writer for identification”.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pungtungia shiraii". FishBase. November 2016 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Families ACHEILOGNATHIDAE, GOBIONIDAE and TANICHTHYIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 5 March 2021.