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Pungtungia shiraii

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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

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2016). "Pungtungia shiraii" in FishBase. November 2016 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 5 March 2021.
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Pungtungia shiraii: Brief Summary

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Pungtungia shiraii is a species of cyprinid fish found in Japan.

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