Acipenser

Acipenser Temporal range: Campanian to Present PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acipenseriformes
Family:	Acipenseridae
Genus:	Acipenser Linnaeus, 1758
Species
19, see text

Acipenser is genus of sturgeons. With about 19 species, many of which are threatened, it is the largest genus in the order Acipenseriformes.

Species

• Acipenser baerii J. F. Brandt, 1869
  • Acipenser baerii baerii J. F. Brandt, 1869 (Siberian sturgeon)
  • Acipenser baerii baicalensis Nikolskii, 1896 (Baikal sturgeon)
• Acipenser brevirostrum Lesueur, 1818 (Shortnose sturgeon)
• Acipenser colchicus Marti, 1940 (Black Sea sturgeon)
• Acipenser dabryanus A. H. A. Duméril, 1869 (Yangtze sturgeon)
• Acipenser fulvescens Rafinesque (Lake sturgeon)
• Acipenser gueldenstaedtii J. F. Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 (Russian sturgeon)
• Acipenser medirostris Ayres, 1854 (Green sturgeon)
• Acipenser mikadoi Hilgendorf, 1892 (Sakhalin sturgeon)
• Acipenser multiscutatus S. Tanaka (I), 1908 (Japanese 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 (Amur sturgeon)
• Acipenser sinensis J. E. Gray, 1835 (Chinese sturgeon)
• Acipenser stellatus Pallas, 1771 (Starry sturgeon)
• Acipenser sturio Linnaeus, 1758 (European sturgeon)
• Acipenser transmontanus J. Richardson, 1836 (White sturgeon)