Acipenseroidei

Acipenseroidei
	Atlantic sturgeon; (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acipenseriformes
Suborder:	Acipenseroidei
Families
	Acipenseridae; Polyodontidae; See text for genera and species.

Acipenseroidei is a suborder of Acipenseriformes animals that contains:

Acipenseridae (sturgeons)
- Acipenserinae
  - Acipenserini
  - Scaphirhychini
- Husinae
  - Huso
Polyodontidae (paddlefish)
- Polyodontinae
  - Polyodontini
  - Psephurini

These animals are well known for the production of caviar.

In 2019, an American paddlefish was hybridised with a Russian sturgeon, producing what the Hungarian scientists responsible named a "sturddlefish".[1]

Notes

Scientists accidentally create unlikely fish hybrid, Science Jul. 17, 2020

References

Martin Hochleithner, Joern Gessner, and Sergej Podushka, The Bibliography of Acipenseriformes

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[1] Scientists accidentally create unlikely fish hybrid, Science Jul. 17, 2020