Family Polyodontidae - Paddlefishes
  Order
:
Polyodontidae
  Class
:
Chondrostei
No. in FishBase
:
Genera : 2 | Species : 2 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
  Environment
:
Fresh : Yes | Brackish : Yes | Marine : Yes
  Division
:
Primary freshwater
  Aquarium
:
some
  First Fossil Record
:
upper   Cretaceous    
Ref..   Berg, L.S. 1958
  Remark
:
Distribution: China and United States. Snout resembling a paddle and with minute barbels. Body scaleless (naked) except for a few scales on caudal peduncle. Heterocercal caudal fin. Gill rakers long and numerous (hundreds) in the planktivorous Polyodon. Minute teeth. Spiracle present. Operculum greatly extended posteriorly. Mouth protrusible or nonprotrusible. Two monotypic genera (Polyodon and Psephurus). Exhibited in public aquaria and used for food. Both species are under threat.
  Etymology
:
Greek, poly = a lot of + Greek, odous = tooth, teeth ( Ref. 45335).
  Reproductive guild
:
nonguarders
  Typical activity level
:
active
  Main Ref.
:
  Coordinator
:
  Deep Fin Classification
:
Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Chondrostei | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Acipenseriformes | | | Polyodontidae

Show species images | Show valid names | Nominal species list | Identification keys | CAS specimen photos | References

 
Ref.
[ e.g. 9948]
Glossary
[ e.g. cephalopods]


Species/Synonymy list for the family Polyodontidae as currently in FishBase

Important recommendation:

The list below must not be used as an authority reference synonymy list like those found in scientific published revisions, which must be the source to be used and cited eventually when they exist.

Rather, it reflects the current content of FishBase, and the progress with respect to synchronization with the Catalog of Fishes. However, we think it can be useful for users to assess the quality of information in FishBase, to start new work on the family, or to cross-check with other lists.

But we appreciate to be cited in publications when this list has been of any working value. In particular, for published scientific, we suggest then to cite it in the Material and Method section as a useful tool to conduct the research, but again, not as a taxonomic or nomenclatural authority reference.

Unless it is explicitly precised, the list is not complete, please search all original names published for the family in the Catalog of Fishes (genera, species), including those with uncertain or unknown status, that are not included in FishBase when they are not attached to a valid species.

This list uses some data from Catalog of Fishes (not shown but used to sort names).

The list ordered as follows:

Please send comments and corrections if you detect errors or missing names.

Show all | Show only accepted name | Show only accepted and original names
Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
Polyodon spathula (Walbaum, 1792)
acceptedseniornew
Squalus spathula Walbaum, 1792
synonymseniororiginal
Psephurus gladius (Martens, 1862)
acceptedseniornew
Polyodon gladius Martens, 1862
synonymseniororiginal
php script by celloran, 04/03/10, last modified by cmilitante, 29/11/12