Acipenser
Acipenser is a genus of sturgeons.
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| Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acipenseriformes |
| Family: | Acipenseridae |
| Subfamily: | Acipenserinae |
| Genus: | Acipenser Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Type species | |
| Acipenser sturio Linnaeus, 1758
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species
Living species
There are 17 living species:
- Acipenser baerii J. F. Brandt, 1869
- Acipenser baerii baerii J. F. Brandt, 1869 (Siberian sturgeon)
- Acipenser baerii baicalensis A. M. Nikolskii, 1896 (Baikal sturgeon)
- Acipenser baerii stenorrhynchus A. M. Nikolskii, 1896
- Acipenser brevirostrum Lesueur, 1818 (Shortnose sturgeon)
- Acipenser dabryanus A. H. A. Duméril, 1869 (Yangtze sturgeon)
- Acipenser fulvescens Rafinesque, 1817 (Lake sturgeon)
- Acipenser gueldenstaedtii J. F. Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 (Russian sturgeon)
- Acipenser medirostris Ayres, 1854 (Green sturgeon)
- Acipenser mikadoi Hilgendorf, 1892 (Sakhalin sturgeon)
- Acipenser naccarii Bonaparte, 1836 (Adriatic sturgeon)
- Acipenser nudiventris Lovetsky, 1828 (Fringebarbel sturgeon)
- Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815
- Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi Vladykov, 1955 (Gulf sturgeon)
- Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815 (Atlantic sturgeon)
- Acipenser persicus Borodin, 1897 (Persian sturgeon)
- Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758 (Sterlet, Sterlet sturgeon)
- Acipenser schrenckii J. F. Brandt, 1869 (Japanese sturgeon)
- Acipenser sinensis J. E. Gray, 1835 (Chinese sturgeon)
- Acipenser stellatus Pallas, 1771 (Starry sturgeon)
- Acipenser sturio Linnaeus, 1758 (European sea sturgeon)
- Acipenser transmontanus J. Richardson, 1836 (White sturgeon)
Extinct species
- †Acipenser albertensis Lambe 1902
- †Acipenser anisinferos Hilton & Grande 2022
- †Acipenser eruciferus Cope, 1876
- †Acipenser gigantissimus Nessov 1997
- †Acipenser molassicus Probst 1882
- †Acipenser praeparatorum Hilton & Grande 2022
- †Acipenser ornatus Leidy 1873
- †Acipenser tuberculosus Probst 1882
- †Acipenser toliapicus Agassiz 1844 ex Woodward 1889
Acipenser Media
- Stör - Sturgeon.jpg
Acipenser sturio is the type species of the genus
- Acipenser gigantissimus.jpg
Illustration of Acipenser gigantissimus
References
- ↑ "Acipenseridae" (PDF). Deeplyfish- fishes of the world. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Acipenser in FishBase. May 2019 version.