About Shigeho Tanaka
Lived 1878 – 1974 (aged 95–96). Shigeho Tanaka was a Japanese ichthyologist.
was a Japanese ichthyologist and professor of zoology at the Imperial University of Tokyo. He published numerous works on fishes and sharks and co-authored a book on Japanese fish with famous American scientist David Starr Jordan.
Publications Jordan, D. S., S. Tanaka, and J. O. Snyder. 1913. A catalogue of the fishes of Japan. J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, Vol. 33 (article 1): 1–497.
Tribute The genus Tanakia D. S. Jordan & W. F. Thompson 1914 was named for Tanaka, as an “accomplished” ichthyologist of the Imperial University of Tokyo, who described Tanakia shimazui in 1908 and Pseudorhodeus tanago in 1909.
Taxon described by him See :Category:Taxa named by Shigeho Tanaka
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Japanese ichthyologist (1878–1974)
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Shigeho Tanaka was born in 1878 in Kōchi-shi.
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Shigeho Tanaka died in 1974 in Tokyo.
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Shigeho Tanaka was an ichthyologist.
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Shigeho Tanaka was Japanese.
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