Biology:Tanakia shimazui

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Tanakia shimazui
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Acheilognathinae
Genus: Tanakia
Species:
T. shimazui
Binomial name
Tanakia shimazui
S. Tanaka, 1908

Tanakia shimazui is a species of fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is endemic to Japan .[1]

Etymology

Named in honor of “Mr. Shimazu” (no forename given), a naturalist in Tokyo, who collected type.[2]


References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). "Tanakia shimazui" in FishBase. April 2017 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 ☰ Q5571019 entry