Polyodon

Polyodon spathula

Taxonavigation

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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Chordata Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Classis: Actinopterygii
Subclassis: Chondrostei
Ordo: Acipenseriformes
Familia: Polyodontidae
Genus: Polyodon
Species: P. spathula

Name

Polyodon Lacepède, 1797

• Gender: Masculine
• Type species: Polyodon feuille Lacepède, 1797
  • Type by monotpy

Synonyms

• Megarhinus Rafinesque, 1820
• Platirostra Lesueuer, 1818
• Polyodon Bloch & Schneider, 1801
• Proceros Rafinesque, 1820
• Spatularia Shaw, 1804

References

• Lacepède, B.G.E. 1797: Mémoire sur le polyodon feuille. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris 1(pt 2, no. 7): 49.

Links

• Polyodon Report on ITIS
• Polyodon in the World Register of Marine Species
• Polyodon species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & D. Pauly (eds) (2013). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, version 10/2012.
• Polyodon and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes,
  Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed) (2013). Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Vernacular names

български: Веслонос
česky: Veslonos americký
Deutsch: Löffelstör
English: Paddlefish
Esperanto: Poliodono
қазақша: Ескектұмсық
magyar: Lapátorrú tok
Nederlands: Lepelsteur
日本語: ヘラチョウザメ
polski: Wiosłonos amerykański
русский: Веслонос
slovenščina: Ameriški veslokljun
ไทย: ปลาฉลามปากเป็ด
українська: Веслоніс північноамериканський
中文: 匙吻鲟

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