Pungtungia shiraii is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Gobionidae, the gudgeons. This species is found in Japan.
Named in honor of Kunihiko Shirai, Bureau of Game and Hunting of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, who obtained a collection of fishes downstream of the Tama River, including type of this one, and "kindly forwarded to the writer for identification".