the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > [noun] > infraclass Chondrostei > order Acipenseriformes > member of genus Scaphirhynchus (4)
a fish of the genus Scaphirhynchus, esp. S. platyrhynchus.
(a) = shovel-fish n.; (b) the bonnet-headed shark, Reniceps tiburo (also attributive).