Scaphirhynchus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acipenseriformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Chondrostei Ordo: Acipenseriformes

Scaphirhynchus Heckel, 1836

Etymology: Scaphirhynchus comes from σκάφη (skáphē), meaning "shovel", and ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos), meaning "snout", referring to their flat, shovel-shaped snout. ^[1]

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.

Scaphirhynchus and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2026. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Scaphirhynchus species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2026. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.