Pungtungia shiraii is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Gobionidae, the gudgeons.[1] This species is found in Japan.[2]

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".[3]

References

  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Pungtungia". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pungtungia shiraii". FishBase. November 2016 version.
  3. ^ 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.


Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pungtungia_shiraii
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