Scaphirhynchus platorynchus

Scaphirhynchus platorynchus

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: Acipenseridae
Subfamilia: Scaphirhynchinae
Genus: Scaphirhynchus
Species: Scaphirhynchus platorynchus

Name

Scaphirhynchus platorynchus (Rafinesque, 1820)

• No types known.
• Type locality: Ohio, Wabash and Cumberland rivers, U.S.A.

Synonyms

• Accipenser platorynchus Rafinesque, 1820
• Scaphirhynchus rafinesquii Heckel, 1836

References

Primary references

• Rafinesque, C.S. 1820. Fishes of the Ohio River. [Ichthyologia Ohiensis, Part 5]. Western Revue and Miscellaneous Magazine 2(4): 235–242. GoogleBooks Reference page. 

Links

• Scaphirhynchus platorynchus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2026. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Scaphirhynchus platorynchus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2026. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

• Deutsch: Schaufelstör
• English: Shovelnose sturgeon