Polyodon spathula (Walbaum, 1792)
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- order
- Acipenseriformes
- family
- Polyodontidae
- genus
- Polyodon
- species
- Polyodon spathula
Name
- Synonyms
- Squalus spathula Walbaum, 1792
- Homonyms
- Polyodon spathula (Walbaum, 1792)
- Common names
- American paddlefish in English
- American paddlefish in English
- American paddlefish in English
- Amerikaanse lepelsteur in Dutch
- Amerikansk spadestør in Danish
- Ameriški veslokljun in Slovenian
- Duckbill in English
- Duckbill Cat in English
- Duckbill Cat in English
- Lapasampi in Finnish
- Lapasampi in Finnish
- Lapátorrú tok in Hungarian
- Lepelsteur in Dutch
- Lepelsteur in Dutch
- Luitstuur in Estonian
- Löffelstör in German
- Löffelstör in German
- Mississippi Paddlefish in English
- Mississippi paddlefish in English
- Paddelfisch in German
- Paddlefish in English
- Peixe-espatula in Portuguese
- Peixe-espátula in Portuguese
- Pesce spatola in Italian
- Pesce spatola in Italian
- Pez espátula in Spanish
- Pez espátula in Spanish
- Pez espátula americano in Spanish
- Poisson Spatule in French
- Poisson spatule in French
- Poliodono in Esperanto
- Polyodontas in Greek, Modern (1453-)
- Skedstör in Swedish
- Skedstör in Swedish
- Skestør in Danish
- Skestør in Danish
- Skjestør in Norwegian
- Skjestør in Norwegian Bokmål
- Sollo in Spanish
- Sollo in Spanish
- Spadefish in English
- Spadefish in English
- Spatulaire in French
- Spatule d'Amérique in French
- Spoonbill in English
- Spoonbill Cat in English
- Spoonbill cat in English
- Spoonbill catfish in English
- Spoonbill catfish in English
- Spoonbillcatfish in English
Bibliographic References
- Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
- Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
- Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
- 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
- Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
- Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1980: A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12. 174.
- Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fifth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 20. 183.