Yaichirō Okada

Yaichirō Okada (岡田 彌一郎, Okada Yaichirō, June 24, 1892 – April 28, 1976) was a Japanese zoologist.[1] He was born in Ishikawa Prefecture.

Okada studied at the Imperial Fisheries Institute (now Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology). He was a professor at Tokyo Higher Normal School (now University of Tsukuba), and after World War II he taught at Mie University from 1950, where he was dean of Fisheries.[2] After retirement he served as a professor at Tokai University.

As a zoologist, has contributed in the field of fish taxonomy, as well as reptiles and amphibians.[2] Okada's primary work in English was Fishes of Japan, which published in 1955 by Maruzen and subsequently issued in revised editions.[3]

References
  1. "Okada Yaichirō". Nihon jinmei daijiten+Plus. Kōdansha. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  2. "岡田彌一郎" [Yaichirō Okada]. Nihon Daihyakka Zensho (Nipponika) (in Japanese). Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2013. OCLC 153301537. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
  3. Okada, Yaichirō (1955). Fishes of Japan: illustrations and descriptions of fishes of Japan. Tokyo: Maruzen. LCCN 56002741. OCLC 1572737.


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