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<i>Silurus tomodai</i>

Silurus tomodai

Species of fish

Silurus tomodai is a species of catfish found in Japan.[1]

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This species reaches a length of 51.4 cm (20.2 in).

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Tomoda Katsuzo, a Japanese ichthyologist who contributed to the study of catfishes in Japan and who described Silurus biwaensis and Silurus lithophilus in 1961.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Hibino, Yusuke; Tabata, Ryoichi (2018-08-15). "Description of a new catfish, Silurus tomodai (Siluriformes: Siluridae) from central Japan". Zootaxa. 4459 (3): 507–524. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4459.3.5. ISSN 1175-5334.
  2. [2]
    Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Families SILURIDAE, KRYPTOGLANIDAE, AUSTROGLANIDIDAE, PANGASIIDAE, CHACIDAE and PLOTOSIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 24 December 2023.


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