Biology:Pungtungia hilgendorfi

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Pungtungia hilgendorfi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Gobioninae
Genus: Pungtungia
Species:
P. hilgendorfi
Binomial name
Pungtungia hilgendorfi
(Jordan & Fowler, 1903)
Synonyms

Zezera hilgendorfi

Pungtungia hilgendorfi is a species of cyprinid fish found in Japan.[1]

Named in honor of German zoologist and paleontologist Franz Hilgendorf (1839-1904), lecturer at the Imperial Medical Academy Tokyo (1873-1876), whereupon he published articles and collected several specimens of Japanese fauna.[2]


References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Pungtungia hilgendorfi" in FishBase. November 2016 version.
  2. "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Families ACHEILOGNATHIDAE, GOBIONIDAE and TANICHTHYIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/cypriniformes14/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q6405729 entry