Teng Huo-tu explained

Teng Huo-tu 鄧火土
Birth Date:	1911
Nationality:	Republic of China
Occupation:	Ichthyologist

Teng Huo-tu (; 1911–1978) was an ichthyologist with the Taiwan Fisheries Research Institute (Chinese: 台灣省水產試驗所). Much of his work involved classification of chondricthyes, especially sharks.

In 1959, Teng officially described the smalleye pygmy shark.^[1]

While at the Fisheries Research Institute, Teng directed the construction of the Hai Kung, the first Taiwanese ship to complete an Antarctic expedition, in 1977.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Teng H.T. . 1959 . Studeis [sic] on the elasmobranch fishes from Formosa. Pt. 4. Squaliolus alii, a new species of deep sea squaloid shark from Tung-Kang, Formosa . Report  - Laboratory of Fishery Biology, Taiwan Fisheries Research Institute . 8 . 1 - 6.
2. News: Han Cheung. Krill fishing at the bottom of the world. 3 January 2017. Taipei Times. 20 December 2015.