Psephurus

Psephurus gladius

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