Acipenseriformes
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| Acipenseriformes Fossil range: Late Jurassic–Recent [1] |
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 Atlantic sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus
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Acipenseridae—sturgeons |
Acipenseriformes (pronounced /æsəpɛnsɜrəfɒrmiːz/) are an order of primitive ray-finned fishes that includes the sturgeons and paddlefishes, as well as some extinct families.[2]
Notable characteristics of Acipenseriformes include:
- Cartilaginous endoskeleton
- Lack of vertebral centrum
- Spiral valve intestine
- Conus arteriosus
[edit] Species
[edit] Acipenseriformes
Order Acipenseriformes
- Family Acipenseridae
- Subfamily Acipenserinae
- Genus Acipenser
- Acipenser baerii
- Siberian sturgeon, Acipenser baerii baerii
- Baikal sturgeon, Acipenser baerii baicalensis
- Shortnose sturgeon, Acipenser brevirostrum (USA)
- Yangtze sturgeon, Acipenser dabryanus
- Lake sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens (USA)
- 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 (USA)
- Gulf sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi
- Atlantic sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus
- Persian sturgeon, Acipenser persicus
- Sterlet, Acipenser ruthenus
- Amur sturgeon, Acipenser schrenckii
- Chinese sturgeon, Acipenser sinensis
- Starry sturgeon, Acipenser stellatus
- European sturgeon, Acipenser sturio (also "Baltic sturgeon")
- White sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus
- Acipenser baerii
- Genus Huso
- Beluga sturgeon, Huso huso
- Kaluga sturgeon, Huso dauricus
- Genus Acipenser
- Subfamily Scaphirhynchinae
- Genus Scaphirhynchus
- Pallid sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus albus
- Shovelnose sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus platorynchus
- Alabama sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus suttkusi
- Genus Pseudoscaphirhynchus
- Dwarf sturgeon, Pseudoscaphirhynchus hermanni
- Syr Darya sturgeon, Pseudoscaphirhynchus fedtschenkoi
- Amu Darya sturgeon, Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni
- Genus Scaphirhynchus
- Subfamily Acipenserinae
- Family Polyodontidae (Paddlefish)
- Genus Polyodon
- American paddlefish, Polyodon spathula (USA)
- Genus Psephurus
- Chinese paddlefish, Psephurus gladius
- Genus Polyodon
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ Wiley, Edward G. (1998). Paxton, J.R. & Eschmeyer, W.N.. ed. Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. pp. 76-79. ISBN 0-12-547665-5.
- ^ "Acipenseriformes". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. 05 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
- Martin Hochleithner and Joern Gessner, The Sturgeons and Paddlefishes of the World: Biology and Aquaculture
- Martin Hochleithner, Joern Gessner, and Sergej Podushka, The Bibliography of Acipenseriformes
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