Acipenser

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Acipenser Fossil range: Campanian to Present[1]
Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Acipenseriformes Family: Acipenseridae Genus: Acipenser
Species
18, see text

Acipenser is genus of sturgeons. With about 18 species, many of which are threatened, it is the largest genus in the order Acipenseriformes.

[edit] Species

• Acipenser baerii
  • Siberian sturgeon, Acipenser baerii baerii
  • Baikal sturgeon, Acipenser baerii baicalensis
• Shortnose sturgeon, Acipenser brevirostrum
• Yangtze sturgeon, Acipenser dabryanus
• Lake sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens
• Russian sturgeon, Acipenser gueldenstaedtii
• Green sturgeon, Acipenser medirostris
• Sakhalin sturgeon, Acipenser mikadoi
• Japanese sturgeon, Acipenser multiscutatus
• Adriatic sturgeon, Acipenser naccarii
• Fringebarbel sturgeon, Acipenser nudiventris
• Acipenser oxyrinchus
  • Atlantic sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus
  • Gulf sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi
• Persian sturgeon, Acipenser persicus
• Sterlet, Acipenser ruthenus
• Amur sturgeon, Acipenser schrenckii
• Chinese sturgeon, Acipenser sinensis
• Starry sturgeon, Acipenser stellatus
• European sturgeon, Acipenser sturio (also [wrongly] "Baltic sturgeon")
• White sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus

[edit] References