Tanakia shimazui

Tanakia shimazui
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Tanakia shimazui". FishBase. April 2017 version.
  2. ^ 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 3 March 2021.


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