Kazuhiro Nakaya


Kazuhiro Nakaya is a Japanese marine scientist and ichthyologist. He graduated from Hokkaido University with a BA in 1968 and with a PhD in 1972. He is professor of Marine Environment and Resources at the Marine Laboratory for Biodiversity. He specializes in taxonomy and evolution of sharks, rays, chimaeras, and Lake Tanganyikan fish. He is the author of many articles and books on sharks and fish. In 1995 he was put in charge of dissecting and preparing the 7th specimen of the very rare megamouth shark.

Research Field

New species described by Nakaya and colleagues


Family Scyliorhinidae



Whitebody catshark

Largehead catshark

Catshark

Southern catshark

Shortbelly catshark

Softbody catshark

Garricki catshark

Japanese catshark

Longhead catshark

Black roughscale catshark

Broadfin sawtail catshark

Izu cat shark