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Psephurus gladius (Martens, 1862)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Acipenseriformes
family
Polyodontidae
genus
Psephurus
species
Psephurus gladius

Name

Synonyms
Polyodon gladius Martens, 1862
Homonyms
Psephurus gladius (Martens, 1862)
Common names
Chinese lepelsteur in Dutch
Chinese paddlefish in English
Chinese paddlefish in English
Chinese paddlefish in English
Chinese swordfish in English
Chinese swordfish in English
Chinesischer Löffelstör in German
Chinesischer Schwertfisch in German
Elefanta fiŝo in Esperanto
Espadon chinois in French
Espadon de Chine in French
Kinesisk spadestør in Danish
Kinesisk svärdstör in Swedish
Miekkasampi in Finnish
Mõõktuur in Estonian
Pesce spatola cinese in Italian
Pez espátula chino in Spanish
Schwertstör in German
Spatulaire chinois in French
Svärdstör in Swedish
Sword-billed sturgeon in English
Wioslonos chinski in Polish
Wiosłonos chiński in Polish
báixún in language.
veslonos čínský in Czech
Китайский веслонос in Russian
Псефур in Russian
سمك المجداف الصيني in Arabic
سمكة السيف الصينية in Arabic
سمكة مجدافية صينية in Arabic
ปลาฉลามปากเป็ดจีน in Thai
シナヘラチョウザメ in Japanese
ハシナガチョウザメ in Japanese
白鱘 in Chinese
白鲟 in Chinese
箭鱼 in language.
Chinese Paddlefish in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  3. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  4. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
  5. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: World Fishes Important to North Americans Exclusive of Species from the Continental Waters of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 21. 243.
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