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Polyodon spathula

Polyodon spathula

American paddlefish(+42)·(Walbaum, 1792)

GBIF:299580427

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions. Available in 24 languages.

engAmerican paddlefishengnldAmerikaanse lepelsteurnlddanAmerikansk spadestørdanslvAmeriški veslokljunslvengDuckbilleng+38 more

Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide. This taxon has names in 24 languages.

engAmerican paddlefish
eng
nldAmerikaanse lepelsteur
nld
danAmerikansk spadestør
dan
slvAmeriški veslokljun
slv
engDuckbill
eng
engDuckbill Cat
eng
finLapasampi
fin
hunLapátorrú tok
hun
nldLepelsteur
nld
estLuitstuur
est
deuLöffelstör
deu
engMississippi Paddlefish
eng
itaPesce spatola
ita
spaPez espátula
spa
spaPez espátula americano
spa
fraPoisson Spatule
fra
Poliodono
epo
ellPolyodontas
ell
sweSkedstör
swe
danSkestør
dan
nobSkjestør
nob
spaSollo
spa
engSpadefish
eng
fraSpatulaire
fra
fraSpatule d'Amérique
fra
engSpoonbill
eng
engSpoonbill Cat
eng
engSpoonbill catfish
eng
engpaddlefish
eng
cesveslonos americký
ces
polwiosłonos amerykański
pol
ellΠολυόδοντας
ell
rusВеслонос
rus
ukrВеслоніс американський
ukr
ukrВеслоніс північноамериканський
ukr
kazЕскектұмсық
kaz
rusмногозуб
rus
rusполиодон
rus
araالسمكة الأميريكية ذات المجداف
ara
araسمك المجداف الأميريكي
ara
thaปลาฉลามปากเป็ด
tha
jpnヘラチョウザメ
jpn
zho匙吻鱘
zho

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Catalogue of Life

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The Catalogue of Life is building a comprehensive catalogue of all known species on Earth. It offers two types of releases that reflect different levels of quality. The Base Release is curated and verified by experts specifically for COL. The eXtended Release (COL XR) builds on the Base Release 2026-05-11 (COL26.5) by programmatically integrating additional data sources. It integrates information from 61504 overlapping taxonomic and nomenclatural global, regional, national and management data sources (checklists) as well as originating from digitised literature available in Catalogue of Life's infrastructure ChecklistBank. New names and other data included in the COL XR are indicated with the XR icon. This release addresses several gaps of the Base Release and also enriches the existing names with information such as authorships, references, and vernacular names. It also adds molecular data, such as barcode index numbers or operational taxonomic units, to the Catalogue of Life. Higher taxonomy is being added only in selected groups with important gaps. Meanwhile, the information from the global data sources of the Catalogue of Life Base Release remains unmodified. This enhanced process is continuously evolving and undergoing quality control checks by COL editors and its community. Due to its programmatic nature as well as the taxonomic and nomenclatural differences among the data sources used, some issues may arise. We therefore caution the user, and invite everyone to help log data issues in the [COL’s data GitHub repository](https://github.com/CatalogueOfLife/data/issues/new?template=xcol-content-feedback.md). We will do our best to resolve these issues as soon as possible.

Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Abreu, C., Acero P, A., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (2026-05-15 XR). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgxsq

CC BYPublished 5/15/2026View dataset
GBIF Usage Key
299580427
Dataset Key
7ddf754f-d193-4cc9-b351-99906754a03b
Origin
source
Backbone Key
5212833
Taxon ID
6W65D
Last Crawled
5/28/2026
Last Interpreted
6/4/2026