Masamitsu Ōshima

Masamitsu Ōshima (大島 正満) 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