Definition
A genus of ancient armored fish with prominent spines or ridges on the head.
Etymology
From Greek 'kephale' (head) + 'akantha' (spine or thorn) + '-us' (Latin nominative singular suffix). This is a scientific genus name following binomial nomenclature rules.
Kelly Says
Cephalacanthus represents a fascinating dead-end in evolution—these fish thrived for millions of years with their elaborate head armor, then disappeared entirely, leaving no descendants in modern oceans.
Translations
ARالعربية
كِفَالَكَانْتُس
ki-fa-la-kan-tus
CACatalà
cephalacanthus
sef-a-la-kan-thus
CSČeština
cephalacanthus
sef-a-la-kan-thus
DADansk
cephalacanthus
sef-a-la-kan-thus
DEDeutsch
Cephalacanthus
tsɛˈfaːlaˌkanθʊs
ELΕλληνικά
κεφαλάκανθος
kefalakanthos
ESEspañol
cefalacanto
seh-fa-la-kan-toh
FISuomi
cephalacanthus
sef-a-la-kan-thus
FRFrançais
céphalacanthe
se-fa-la-kanth
GUGU
cephalacanthus
sef-a-la-kan-thus
HAHA
cephalacanthus
sef-a-la-kan-thus
HEעברית
קֶפַהֲלַקְאוֹס
ke-fa-lak-os
HUMagyar
cephalacanthus
sef-a-la-kan-thus
IDBahasa Indonesia
cephalacanthus
sef-a-la-kan-thus
IGIG
cephalacanthus
sef-a-la-kan-thus
ITItaliano
cephalacanto
sef-a-la-kan-toh
JA日本語
ケファラカンサス
kefarakan-sasu
KKKK
cephalacanthus
sef-a-la-kan-thus
KMKM
cephalacanthus
sef-a-la-kan-thus
MRMR
cephalacanthus
sef-a-la-kan-thus
MSBahasa Melayu
cephalacanthus
sef-a-la-kan-thus
MYမြန်မာ
cephalacanthus
sef-a-la-kan-thus
NLNederlands
cephalacanthus
sef-a-la-kan-thus
NONorsk
cephalacanthus
sef-a-la-kan-thus
PAPA
cephalacanthus
sef-a-la-kan-thus
PLPolski
cephalacanthus
sef-a-la-kan-thus
PTPortuguês
cephalacanto
seh-fa-la-kan-toh
RORomână
cephalacanthus
sef-a-la-kan-thus
RUРусский
цефалакантус
tse-fa-la-kan-tus
SVSvenska
cephalacanthus
sef-a-la-kan-thus
SWKiswahili
cephalacanthus
sef-a-la-kan-thus
THไทย
เซฟาลาคานทัส
se-fa-la-kan-thas
TLTL
cephalacanthus
sef-a-la-kan-thus
TRTürkçe
sefala kanthus
sef-a-la kan-thus
UKУкраїнська
цефалакантус
tse-fa-la-kan-tus
VITiếng Việt
cephalacanthus
se-fa-la-kan-thuss
YOYO
cephalacanthus
sef-a-la-kan-thus
ZUZU
cephalacanthus
sef-a-la-kan-thus