Scaphirhynchus albus

Scaphirhynchus albus

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: Acipenseridae
Subfamilia: Scaphirhynchinae
Genus: Scaphirhynchus
Species: S. albus

Name

Scaphirhynchus albus (Forbes & Richardson, 1905)

• Syntypes: (9) INHS 26944 (3 specimens, 2 heads).

Type locality: Mississippi River at or near Grafton, Jersey County, Illinois, U.S.A.

Etymology: From the Latin albus (= white), referring to pallid coloration. (From: The ETYFish project)

Synonyms

• Parascaphirhynchus albus Forbes & Richardson, 1905

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Weißer Schaufelstör
English: Pallid sturgeon
русский: Белый лопатонос
中文: 淺色鱘魚

References

• Forbes, S.A. & Richardson, R.E. 1905. On a new shovelnose sturgeon from the Mississippi River. Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History 7(4): 37–44, Pls. 4-7. BHL Reference page. 
• Steffensen, K. D., Powell, L. A., Stukel, S. M., Winders, K. R. & Doyle, W. J., 2015: Updated assessment of hatchery-reared pallid sturgeon (Forbes & Richardson, 1905) survival in the lower Missouri River. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, Article first published online: 4 NOV 2015. DOI: 10.1111/jai.12929 Reference page. 

Links

• Scaphirhynchus albus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Scaphirhynchus albus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.