Psephurus gladius

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acipenseriformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Chondrostei Ordo: Acipenseriformes

Familia: Polyodontidae
Genus: Psephurus
Species: Psephurus gladius

Name

Psephurus gladius (Martens, 1862)

Type locality:Yangtze River, China

No types known

Synonyms

Polyodon gladius Martens, 1862
Spatularia (Polyodon) augustifolium Kaup, 1862

References

Martens, E.v. 1862: Über einen neuen Polyodon aus dem Yantsekiang und über die sogenannten Glaspolypen. Monatsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaft zu Berlin 1861: 476–479.
Kaup, J.J. 1862: Eine neue Art von Spatularia. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 28 (1): 278–281. BHL
Günther, A. 1873: Report on a collection of fishes from China. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4) 12 (69): 239–250. BHL

Links

Psephurus gladius – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Psephurus gladius in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Psephurus gladius in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
IUCN: Psephurus gladius (Martens, 1862) (Extinct)

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Schwertstör
English: Chinese paddlefish, Chinese swordfish
Esperanto: Elefanta fiŝo
polski: Wiosłonos chiński
русский: Китайский веслонос
ไทย: ปลาฉลามปากเป็ดจีน
中文: 白鲟

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