Shigeho Tanaka
Shigeho Tanaka(Điền trung mậu tuệ,Tanaka Shigeho,1878–1974)was a Japaneseichthyologistand professor ofzoologyat the Imperial University of Tokyo. He published numerous works on fishes and sharks and co-authored a book on Japanese fish with famous American scientistDavid Starr Jordan.
Publications
[edit]Jordan, D. S., S. Tanaka, and J. O. Snyder. 1913. A catalogue of the fishes of Japan. J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, Vol. 33 (article 1): 1–497.
Tribute
[edit]The genusTanakiaD. S. Jordan&W. F. Thompson1914was named for Tanaka, as an “accomplished” ichthyologist of the Imperial University of Tokyo, who describedTanakia shimazuiin 1908 andPseudorhodeus tanagoin 1909.[1]
Taxon described by him
[edit]References
[edit]- ^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.Retrieved3 March2021.
- Kochi University Biography(in Japanese)[1]
