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Definition of Psephurus

1. Noun. A genus of Polyodontidae.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Psephurus

Literary usage of Psephurus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Introduction to the Study of Fishes by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1880)
"Psephurus differs from Polyodon in having the rostral process less ... Psephurus gladius. specimens of 20 feet in length being mentioned by Basilewsky. ..."

2. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"In the great rivers of China, the Yangtse and the Hoang Ho, is a second species, F1o. 11.—Psephurus gladius Giinther. Yangtse River. (After Giinther. ..."

3. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"In the great rivers of China, the Yangtse and the Hoang Ho, is a second species, Fio. 11.—Psephurus gladius Günther. Yangtse River. (After Günther. ..."

4. A Manual of Palæontology, for the Use of Students: With a General by Henry Alleyne Nicholson, Richard Lydekker (1889)
"... and Psephurus of two rivers in China, the skin is typically nearly or quite naked, the mouth is of enormous width, and the jaws carry minute teeth. ..."

5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1901)
"The pike, Lucius Indus, was common to Europe, Asia and America and the nearest allies of the American Polyodon and Scaphirhynchus were Psephurus and several ..."

6. College zoology by Robert William Hegner (1918)
"381) of the Mississippi Valley, and Psephurus gladius of the Yang-tse-Kiang in China. Polyodon reaches a length of six feet and a weight of one hundred and ..."

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