Scaphirhynchus albus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acipenseriformes 

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

Familia: Acipenseridae
Subfamilia: Scaphirhynchinae
Genus: Scaphirhynchus
Species: S. albus – S. platorynchus – S. suttkusi

Name

Scaphirhynchus Heckel, 1836

Etymology: From scapho- (= shovel), and rhynchus (= snout), referring to flat, shovel-shaped snout. (From: The ETYFish project)

Vernacular names

беларуская: Лапатаносы
中文: 鏟鱘

References

  • Heckel, J. J., 1836: Scaphirhynchus, eine neue Fischgattung aus der Ordnung der Chondropterygier mit freien Kiemen. Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte 1: 69–78, Pl. 8. [Possibly published in 1835] Reference page. 
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