Biology:Pungtungia shiraii
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Scientific classification 
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| 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
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
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Pungtungia shiraii" in FishBase. November 2016 version.
- ↑ "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 ☰ Q5631635 entry
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