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Kamakichi Kishinouye

1867 – 1929

Japanese ichthyologist and cnidariologist

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Lived 1867 – 1929 (aged 61). Kamakichi Kishinouye was a Japanese ichthyologist, biologist, zoologist, cnidariologist and scientific collector.

was a Japanese fisheries biologist and cnidariologist and a professor of the Imperial University of Tokyo (Faculty of Agriculture) between 1908 and 1928. Kishinouye died in Chengdu of a sudden illness while on a collecting expedition to China.

Kishinouye recommended Kumataro Ito to Hugh M. Smith as an artist on board the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries Steamer U.S.S. Albatross during the Philippine Expedition from 1907 to 1910.

Publications Contributions to the comparative study of the so-called scombroid fishes. (1923) Tokyo : Imperial University of Tokyo, - Journal of the College of Agriculture; volume viii, no. 3 ii, p. 293-475 Larval and juvenile tunas and skipjacks. (1919) A Study of the Mackerels, Cybiids, and Tunas. (1915) Special Scientific Report - Fisheries, no. 24. Prehistoric fishing in Japan. (1911) J. Coll. Agriculture, Imp. Univ. Tokyo, 2;328-382. Some Medusae of Japanese Waters. (1910) Some New Scyphomedusae of Japan. (1902) Note on the Eyes of Cardium Muticum Reeve. (1894) Note on the Coelomic Cavity of the Spider. (1894) On the Development of Limulus Longispina. (1893) On the Lasteral Eyes of the Spiders. (1893) On the Development of Araneina. (1891)

Tributes He gave his name to the jellyfish genus Kishinouyea Mayer, 1910, with a preoccupied name. Kishinouyea has been also used by Yoshio Ôuchi to describe a praying mantis genus that he quickly renamed Kishinouyeum in 1938, and that could be a junior synonym for Phyllothelys.

Kishinoella (with species Kishinoella rara (Kishinouye, 1915) and Kishinoella tonggol (Bleeker, 1851)) is a synonym genus name to describe Thunnus tonggol (Bleeker, 1851) (accepted name).

The epithet kishinouyei is used to refer to Kamakichi Kishinouye in species names.

The American ichthyologist John Otterbein Snyder honoured him in the name of the gurnard Lepidotrigla kishinouyi, although he left the e out for phonetic reasons.

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Birth century
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Education
University of Tokyo, Imperial University of Tokyo
Employers
Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce
Awards
Order of the Sacred Treasure, 3rd class; Order of the Sacred Treasure, 4th class
Also known as
Kamakiche Kishinouye, Kishinouye

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Who was Kamakichi Kishinouye?

Japanese ichthyologist and cnidariologist (1867-1929)

When was Kamakichi Kishinouye born?

Kamakichi Kishinouye was born on 29 November 1867 in Chita district.

When did Kamakichi Kishinouye die?

Kamakichi Kishinouye died on 22 November 1929 in Chengdu.

What was Kamakichi Kishinouye's occupation?

Kamakichi Kishinouye was an ichthyologist, biologist, zoologist, cnidariologist and scientific collector.

What nationality was Kamakichi Kishinouye?

Kamakichi Kishinouye was Japanese.

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