Psephurus

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: 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 (4) 12(69): 239–250. BHL Reference page.

Links

Psephurus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Psephurus in the World Register of Marine Species
Psephurus species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Psephurus 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

Deutsch: Schwertstör
English: Chinese paddlefish
Esperanto: Elefanta fiŝo
polski: Wiosłonos chiński
русский: Китайский веслонос
ไทย: ปลาฉลามปากเป็ดจีน
中文: 白鲟