Psephurus

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: P. gladius

Name

Psephurus Günther, 1873

• Gender: Masculine
• Type species: Polyodon gladius
  • Type by monotypy

References

• 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 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Psephurus in the World Register of Marine Species
• Psephurus species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Psephurus and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Vernacular names

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

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