Ptychocheilus lucius Girard, 1856

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES: Published in
Girard, C. F. (1856). Researches upon the cyprinoid fishes inhabiting the fresh waters of the United States, west of the Mississippi Valley, from specimens in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. v. 8: 165-213.pp. 1-49,.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: order
Cypriniformes: family
Cyprinidae: genus
Ptychocheilus: species
Ptychocheilus lucius

Name

Synonyms: Ptychocheilus lucidus Girard, 1856
Homonyms: Ptychocheilus lucius Girard, 1856
Common names: Bigmouth Whitefish in English; Colorado Pikeminnow in English; Colorado Pikeminnow in English; Colorado Pikeminnow in English; Colorado River Salmon in English; Colorado River Squawfish in English; Colorado Squafish in English; Colorado squawfish in English; Colorado squawfish in English; Kolorādo lūplidaka in Latvian; Pez Squaw del Colorado in Spanish; Poisson Squaw du Colorado in French; White Salmon in English; carpa gigante del Colorado in Spanish; carpa gigante del Colorado in Spanish; carpa gigante del Colorado in Spanish; jelec coloradský in Czech; Колорадский птихохейлус in Russian; Colorado Pikeminnow in English; Colorado Pikeminnow in English; Colorado River Squawfish in English; Colorado Squafish in English; Colorado Squawfish in English; Pez Squaw del Colorado in Spanish; Poisson Squaw du Colorado in French; carpa gigante del Colorado in Spanish

Bibliographic References

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Girard, Charles F., 1856: Researches upon the cyprinoid fishes inhabiting the fresh waters of the United States, west of the Mississippi Valley, from specimens in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, vol. 8. 165-213.
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