Polyodon

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acipenseriformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Chondrostei Ordo: Acipenseriformes

Familia: Polyodontidae
Genus: Polyodon
Species: P. spathula

Name

Polyodon Lacepède, 1797

Gender: Masculine
Type species: Polyodon feuille Lacepède, 1797
- Type by monotopy

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 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Polyodon in the World Register of Marine Species
Polyodon species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Polyodon and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Vernacular names

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