Polyodon spathula

Polyodon spathula

Taxonavigation

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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

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Polyodon spathula (Walbaum, 1792)

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

No types known

Synonyms

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  • 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

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  • 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.
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Vernacular names

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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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