Teng Huo-tu

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鄧火土

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| birth_date = 1911

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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1978|1911}}

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| nationality = Republic of China

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| occupation = Ichthyologist

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Teng Huo-tu ({{zh|c=鄧火土|p=Dèng Huǒtǔ}}; 1911–1978) was an ichthyologist with the Taiwan Fisheries Research Institute ({{lang|zh-Hant|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.{{cite journal |author=Teng H.T. |year=1959 |title=Studeis [sic] on the elasmobranch fishes from Formosa. Pt. 4. Squaliolus alii, a new species of deep sea squaloid shark from Tung-Kang, Formosa |journal=Report – Laboratory of Fishery Biology, Taiwan Fisheries Research Institute |volume=8 |pages=1–6}}

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.{{cite news|author1=Han Cheung|title=Krill fishing at the bottom of the world|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2015/12/20/2003635207|accessdate=3 January 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=20 December 2015}}