Polyodon spathula

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: Polyodon
Species: Polyodon spathula

Name

Polyodon spathula (Walbaum, 1792)

Type locality: Louisiana, the Mississippi River, U.S.A

No types known

Synonyms

Accipenser lagenarius Rafinesque, 1820
Platirostra edentula Lesueur, 1818
Polyodon feuille Lacepède, 1797
Polyodon folium Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Proceros maculatus Rafinesque, 1820
Proceros vittatus Rafinesque, 1820
Squalus spathula Walbaum, 1792

References

Walbaum, J.J. 1792: Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae. (3): [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3.BHL
Lee, D.S., C.R. Gilbert, C.H. Hocutt, R.E. Jenkins, D.E. McAllister & J.R. Stauffer, Jr. 1980: Atlas of North American freshwater fishes. Publication #1980-12 of the North Carolina Biological Survey. i-x + 1-854.

Links

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

Vernacular names

български: Веслонос
čeština: Veslonos americký
Deutsch: Löffelstör
English: American paddlefish, Mississippi paddlefish, paddlefish
Esperanto: Poliodono
français: Spatulaire
magyar: Lapátorrú tok
日本語: ヘラチョウザメ
қазақша: Ескектұмсық
Nederlands: Lepelsteur
polski: Wiosłonos amerykański
русский: Веслонос
slovenščina: Ameriški veslokljun
ไทย: ปลาฉลามปากเป็ด
українська: Веслоніс північноамериканський
中文: 匙吻鱘

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