Masamitsu Ōshima | |
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| Born | June 21, 1884 |
| Died | June 26, 1965 (aged 81) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Alma mater | Stanford University |
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| Fields | |
Masamitsu Ōshima (大島 正満, Ōshima Masamitsu, June 21, 1884 – June 26, 1965) was a Japanese herpetologist and ichthyologist. He received his Master's from Stanford University. He is noted for studies of the fish species of Taiwan and on snakes.[1][2]
Taxon described by him
- See Category:Taxa named by Masamitsu Ōshima
- Squalidus iijimae Named in honor of zoologist Isao lijima.
- Pungtungia shiraii Named in honor of Kunihiko Shirai.[3]
- Aphyocypris kikuchii Named in honor of Yonetaro Kikuchi (1869–1921), collector for the Taipei Museum in Formosa (Taiwan), who collected the type specimen.
- Barbodes snyderi Snyder's barb.
- Spinibarbus hollandi Named in honor of zoologist-paleontologist William J. Holland.
Partial bibliography
- A Review of the Fishes of the Family Mugilidæ Found in the Waters of Formosa
- A Review of the Fishes of the Family Centriscidæ Found in the Waters of Formosa
- Notes on the Venomous Snakes from the Islands of Formosa and Riu Kiu
- A cyclopedia of applied zoology
- 魚 (Fishes, in Japanese), Tokyo 1940
References
- ↑ Taiwan Journal
- ↑ "AMNH" (PDF). Archived from the original on July 12, 2007. Retrieved 2013-09-26.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ 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. Archived from the original on 29 September 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
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