was a Japanese

herpetologist Herpetology (from Ancient Greek ἑρπετόν ''herpetón'', meaning "reptile" or "creeping animal") is a branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians (including frogs, salamanders, and caecilians (Gymnophiona)) and reptiles (in ...

and

ichthyologist Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish, including bony fish (Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes), and jawless fish (Agnatha). According to FishBase, 35,800 species of fish had been described as of March 2 ...

. He received his Master's from

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. He is noted for studies of the fish species of Taiwan and on snakes.

Taxon described by him

*See :Taxa named by Masamitsu Ōshima *'' Squalidus iijimae'' Named in honor of zoologist Isao lijima. *'' Pungtungia shiraii'' Named in honor of Kunihiko Shirai. *'' 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. *'' Oncorhynchus masou formosanus'' *'' 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

1884 births 1965 deaths Japanese herpetologists Japanese ichthyologists People from Sapporo Scientists from Sapporo 20th-century Japanese zoologists {{zoologist-stub