Acipenser

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 Europe, Asia and North America, and most species are threatened.[2]

Acipenser
Temporal range: 70.6–Present Ma
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]
  • Antacea Bory de St. Vincent 1822 non Rafinesque 1815
  • Antaceus Heckel ex Fitzinger & Heckel 1836 non Bonaparte 1846
  • Dinoctus Rafinesque 1818
  • Ellops Gistl 1848 non Mining 1832
  • Helops Brandt & Ratzeburg 1833 non Agassiz 1846 non Browne 1789 non Fabricius 1775 non Müller 1835
  • Sinosturio Jaekel 1929; Sturio Müller 1836
  • Sturio Rafinesque 1810
  • Acipenser (Sterletus) Rafinesque 1820
  • Sterletus (Rafinesque 1820) Brandt & Ratzeburg 1833
  • Sterleta Güldenstädt 1772
  • Acipenser (Euacipenser) Murgoci 1942
  • Acipenser (Gladostomus) Holly 1936
  • Acipenser (Lioniscus) (Heckel & Fitzinger 1836) Bonaparte 1846
  • Lioniscus Heckel & Fitzinger 1836
  • Acipenser (Parasinosturio) Artyukin 1995
  • Acipenser (Shipa) Brandt 1869

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)
    • 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)

Fossil species

There are 10 species known from fossil remains:[3]

  • †Acipenser albertensis Lambe 1902
  • †Acipenser cruciferus (Cope 1876)
  • †Acipenser eruciferus Cope 1876
  • Acipenser fulvescens Rafinesque, 1817 (also living)
  • †Acipenser gigantissimus Nessov 1997
  • †Acipenser molassicus Probst 1882
  • †Acipenser ornatus Leidy 1873
  • Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchell 1815 (also living)
  • †Acipenser tuberculosus Probst 1882
  • †Acipenser toliapicus Agassiz 1844 ex Woodward 1889

References
  1. "Acipenseridae" (PDF). Deeplyfish- fishes of the world. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Acipenser in FishBase. May 2019 version.
  3. "Fossilworks: Acipenser". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
  • Data related to Acipenser at Wikispecies
  • Media related to Acipenser at Wikimedia Commons
  • The dictionary definition of acipenser at Wiktionary


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