Scaphirhynchus
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| Scaphirhynchus | |
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| Scaphirhynchus albus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acipenseriformes |
| Family: | Acipenseridae |
| Genus: | Scaphirhynchus Heckel, 1835 |
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Scaphirhynchus albus |
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Scaphirhynchus is a genus of threatened sturgeons native to the United States of America. It contains three species:
- Scaphirhynchus albus (S. A. Forbes & R. E. Richardson, 1905) (Pallid sturgeon)
- Scaphirhynchus platorynchus (Rafinesque, 1820) (Shovelnose sturgeon)
- Scaphirhynchus suttkusi J. D. Williams & Clemmer, 1991 (Alabama sturgeon)
[edit] References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2010). Species of Scaphirhynchus in FishBase. January 2010 version.
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