Polyodon spathula

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: 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 Report on ITIS
• Polyodon spathula in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & D. Pauly (eds) (2012). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, version 02/2012.
• Polyodon spathula in Catalog of Fishes,
  Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed) (2012). Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Vernacular names

Български: Веслонос
Česky: Veslonos americký
Deutsch: Löffelstör
English: American paddlefish, Mississippi paddlefish, 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: 匙吻鱘

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