Acipenser

Acipenser Temporal range: Campanian to Present^[1] PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N

Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acipenseriformes
Family:	Acipenseridae
Genus:	Acipenser Linnaeus, 1758
Species
17, see text

Acipenser is a genus of sturgeons. With 17 species, many of which are threatened, it is the largest genus in the order Acipenseriformes.

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)
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)

↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2007-12-31.

Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Acipenser in FishBase. February 2012 version.

Acipenser	Siberian sturgeon (A. baerii baerii) Baikal sturgeon (A. baerii baicalensis) Shortnose sturgeon (A. brevirostrum) Dabry's sturgeon (A. dabryanus) Lake sturgeon (A. fulvescens) Russian sturgeon (A. gueldenstaedtii) Green sturgeon (A. medirostris) Sakhalin sturgeon (A. mikadoi) Japanese sturgeon (A. multiscutatus) Adriatic sturgeon (A. naccarii) Bastard sturgeon (A. nudiventris) Gulf sturgeon (A. oxyrinchus desotoi) Atlantic sturgeon (A. oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) Persian sturgeon (A. persicus) Sterlet (A. ruthenus) Amur sturgeon (A. schrenckii) Chinese sturgeon (A. sinensis) Starry sturgeon (A. stellatus) European sea sturgeon (A. sturio) White sturgeon (A. transmontanus)

Huso	Kaluga (H. dauricus) Beluga (H. huso)

Pseudo- scaphirhynchus	Syr Darya sturgeon (P. fedtschenkoi) Dwarf sturgeon (P. hermanni) Amu Darya sturgeon (P. kaufmanni)

Scaphirhynchus	Pallid sturgeon (S. albus) Shovelnose sturgeon (S. platorynchus) Alabama sturgeon (S. suttkusi)

Polyodon	American paddlefish (P. spathula)

Psephurus	Chinese paddlefish (P. gladius)

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