Kiyomatsu Matsubara
Kiyomatsu Matsubara (松原 喜代松, Matsubara Kiyomatsu, February 10, 1907 – December 12, 1968)[1] was a Japanese marine biologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist.
Born Kiyomatsu Sakamoto in Hyogo Prefecture, Kiyomatsu Matsubara was the first professor of the Department of Fisheries of the University of Kyoto and is considered to be the founder of Japanese research on fish systematics. He changed his name to "Matsubara" in the early 1930s. He has focused his research primarily on the scorpionfish (Scorpaeniformes) and published many books and scholarly articles. He described several new species of fish, including the crocodile shark (Pseudocarcharias kamoharai).[2]
Species named after him include the rays Bathyraja matsubarai (Ishiyama, 1952)[3] and Dasyatis matsubarai Miyosi, 1939.[4]
Taxon described by him
Taxon named in his honor
- The Dusky-purple skate, Bathyraja matsubarai (Ishiyama, 1952), is a species of skate in the family Arhynchobatidae found in the Northwest Pacific Ocean.[5]
References
- ^ "松原喜代松とは - コトバンク".
- ^ "Matubara". Archived from the original on 2005-12-16. Retrieved 2013-01-28.
- ^ "Order MYLIOBATIFORMES (Stingrays)". 2 February 2017. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ "Order MYLIOBATIFORMES (Stingrays)". 2 February 2017. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family ARHYNCHOBATIDAE Fowler 1934 (Softnose Skates or Longtail Skates)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
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