Acipenser
Acipenser | |
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Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Acipenseriformes |
Family: | Acipenseridae |
Subfamily: | Acipenserinae |
Genus: | Acipenser Linnaeus, 1758 |
Species | |
17, see text | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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Acipenser is a genus of sturgeons. With 17 living species (3 others are only known from fossil remains), it is the largest genus in the order Acipenseriformes. They are native to Europe, Asia and North America, and most species are threatened.
Species
- †Acipenser carbonarius Agassiz 1850 (fossil species)
- †Acipenser cruciferus (Cope 1876) (fossil species)
- †Acipenser toliapicus Agassiz 1844 ex Woodward 1889 (fossil 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)
References
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2007-12-31.
- ↑ "Acipenseridae" (PDF). Deeplyfish- fishes of the world. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
Sources
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Acipenser in FishBase. February 2012 version.
External links
Data related to Acipenser at Wikispecies Media related to Acipenser at Wikimedia Commons The dictionary definition of acipenser at Wiktionary
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