Psephurus gladius

Psephurus gladius

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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: Psephurus gladius

Name

Psephurus gladius (Martens, 1862)

Type locality:Yangtze River, China

No types known

Synonyms

• Polyodon gladius Martens, 1862
• Spatularia (Polyodon) augustifolium Kaup, 1862

References

• Martens, E.v. 1862: Über einen neuen Polyodon aus dem Yantsekiang und über die sogenannten Glaspolypen. Monatsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaft zu Berlin 1861: 476-479.
• Kaup, J.J. 1862: Eine neue Art von Spatularia. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 28(1): 278-281. BHL
• 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 gladius Report on ITIS
• Psephurus gladius in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & D. Pauly (eds) (2012). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, version 02/2012.
• Psephurus gladius in Catalog of Fishes,
  Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed) (2012). Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• IUCN link: Psephurus gladius (Martens, 1862) (Critically Endangered)

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Schwertstör
English: Chinese paddlefish, Chinese swordfish
Esperanto: Elefanta fiŝo
Polski: Wiosłonos chiński
Русский: Китайский веслонос
ไทย: ปลาฉลามปากเป็ดจีน
中文: 白鲟

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