Pungtungia shiraii | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Gobioninae |
Genus: | Pungtungia |
Species: | P. shiraii
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Binomial name | |
Pungtungia shiraii
Ōshima, 1957
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Pungtungia shiraii is a species of cyprinid fish found in Japan. [1]
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]