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Scaphirhynchus
Sign in to saveScaphirhynchus, from Ancient Greek σκάφη (skáphe), meaning "shovel", and ῥύγχος (rhúnkos), meaning "snout", is a genus of sturgeons native to North America. All species in this genus are considered to be threatened with extinction or worse. As of 2023, the pallid sturgeon (S. albus) and the Alabama sturgeon (S. suttkusi) are critically endangered according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassChondrostei
- OrderAcipenseriformes
- FamilyAcipenseridae
Scaphirhynchus ist eine rein nordamerikanische Gattung der Schaufelstöre (Scaphirhynchinae).
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 110
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Acipenseridae
- Collections
- UA
- Recorded in
- United States
Wikidata facts
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- Parent taxon
- Scaphirhynchinae
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- Scaphirhynchus platorynchus 6.14.2014a.jpg
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Scaphirhynchus, from Ancient Greek σκάφη (skáphe), meaning "shovel", and ῥύγχος (rhúnkos), meaning "snout", is a genus of sturgeons native to North America. All species in this genus are considered to be threatened with extinction or worse. As of 2023, the pallid sturgeon (S. albus) and the Alabama sturgeon (S. suttkusi) are critically endangered according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
The genus name Scaphirhynchus from Ancient Greek σκάφη (skáphe), meaning "shovel", and ῥύγχος (rhúnkos), meaning "snout", referring to their flat, shovel-shaped snout.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Scaphirhynchus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.