Masamitsu Ōshima

Masamitsu Ōshima
Born	(1884-06-21)June 21, 1884
Died
Nationality	Japanese
Fields	Herpetology Ichthyology
Alma mater	Stanford University

Masamitsu Ōshima (大島 正満, Ōshima Masamitsu, June 21, 1884 – June 26, 1965) was a Japanese herpetologist and ichthyologist. He received his Master's from Stanford University. He is noted for studies of the fish species of Taiwan and on snakes.

Taxon described by him

• See Category:Taxa named by Masamitsu Ōshima

• Squalidus iijimae Named in honor of zoologist Isao lijima.

• Pungtungia shiraii Named in honor of Kunihiko Shirai.

• Aphyocypris kikuchii Named in honor of Yonetaro Kikuchi (1869–1921), collector for the Taipei Museum in Formosa (Taiwan), who collected the type specimen.

• Barbodes snyderi Snyder's barb.

• Oncorhynchus masou formosanus

• Spinibarbus hollandi Named in honor of zoologist-paleontologist William J. Holland.

Partial bibliography

• A Review of the Fishes of the Family Mugilidæ Found in the Waters of Formosa
• A Review of the Fishes of the Family Centriscidæ Found in the Waters of Formosa
• Notes on the Venomous Snakes from the Islands of Formosa and Riu Kiu
• A cyclopedia of applied zoology
• 魚 (Fishes, in Japanese), Tokyo 1940