Psephurus

Psephurus gladius

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acipenseriformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes 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.) 2026. 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.) 2026. 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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