Tanakia shimazui

Tanakia shimazui
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Suborder:	Cyprinoidei
Family:	Acheilognathidae
Genus:	Tanakia
Species:	T. shimazui
Binomial name
	Tanakia shimazui; S. Tanaka, 1908

Last updated February 21, 2025

Tanakia shimazui is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acheilognathidae, the bitterlings. It is endemic to Japan.^[1]

Etymology

Named in honor of "Mr. Shimazu" (no forename given), a naturalist in Tokyo, who collected type.^[2]

References

↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Tanakia shimazui". FishBase . April 2017 version.
↑ 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 3 March 2021.

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[1] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Tanakia shimazui". FishBase . April 2017 version.

[ETYFish-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 3 March 2021.

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