See text Scaphirhynchus is a genus of sturgeons native to North America.

All species in this genus are considered to be threatened with extinction or worse.

The word rhynchus is used in the scientific name, be it genus or species for many animals, including the duck-billed platypus, ornithorhynchus as its genus, meaning “bird-snout”.

Member species are found in the Mississippi, Missouri, and Alabama Rivers.

This order Acipenseriformes (Sturgeon and Paddlefish) related article is a stub.