WoRMS taxon details
Scaphirhynchus Heckel, 1836
270814 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:270814)
accepted
Genus
Parascaphirhynchus Forbes & Richardson, 1905 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Scaphirhincus Heckel, 1836 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
- Species Scaphirhynchus suttkusi Williams & Clemmer, 1991
- Species Scaphirhynchus fedtschenkoi Kessler, 1872 accepted as Pseudoscaphirhynchus fedtschenkoi (Kessler, 1872) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Scaphirhynchus hermanni Kessler, 1877 accepted as Pseudoscaphirhynchus hermanni (Kessler, 1877) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Scaphirhynchus kaufmanni Kessler, 1877 accepted as Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni (Kessler, 1877) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Scaphirhynchus Heckel, 1836. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=270814 on 2026-07-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Parascaphirhynchus Forbes & Richardson, 1905) Forbes, S. A.; Richardson, R. E. (1905). On a new shovelnose sturgeon from the Mississippi River. <em>Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History.</em> 7 (4): 37-44, Pls. 4-7., available online at https://doi.org/10.21900/j.inhs.v7.402 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
