Polyodon Lacépède 1797 (paddlefish)

Osteichthyes - Acipenseriformes - Polyodontidae

Parent taxon: Polyodontini according to L. Grande and W. E. Bemis 1996

See also Grande and Hilton 2006

Sister taxon: Crossopholis

Subtaxa: Polyodon spathula Polyodon tuberculata

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Type: Polyodon spathula

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Polyodon in the database

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