Acipenser
Acipenser Temporal range:
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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[1] | |
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Acipenser is a genus of sturgeons. With 17 living species (others are only known from fossil remains), it is the largest genus in the order Acipenseriformes. They are native to freshwater and estuarine systems of Eurasia and North America, and most species are threatened.[2] Several species also known to enter near-shore marine environments in the Atlantic, Arctic and Pacific oceans.
Living species[]
There are 17 living species:[2]
- Acipenser baerii J. F. Brandt, 1869
- Acipenser baerii baerii J. F. Brandt, 1869 (Siberian sturgeon)
- Acipenser baerii baicalensis A. M. Nikolskii, 1896 (Baikal sturgeon)
- 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 , 1828 (Fringebarbel sturgeon)
- Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815
- Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi , 1955 (Gulf sturgeon)
- Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815 (Atlantic sturgeon)
- Acipenser persicus , 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)
Fossil species[]
There are 10 species known from fossil remains:[3]
- † Lambe 1902
- † (Cope 1876)
- † Cope 1876
- Acipenser fulvescens Rafinesque, 1817 (also living)
- † Nessov 1997
- † Probst 1882
- † Leidy 1873
- Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchell 1815 (also living)
- † Probst 1882
- † Agassiz 1844 ex Woodward 1889
References[]
- ^ "Acipenseridae" (PDF). Deeplyfish- fishes of the world. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Acipenser in FishBase. May 2019 version.
- ^ "Fossilworks: Acipenser". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
External links[]
- Data related to Acipenser at Wikispecies
- Media related to Acipenser at Wikimedia Commons
- The dictionary definition of acipenser at Wiktionary
Categories:
- Acipenser
- Ray-finned fish genera
- Extant Campanian first appearances
- Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
- Freshwater fish genera
- Chondrostei stubs