Acipenser

Acipenser Temporal range:
Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acipenseriformes
Family:	Acipenseridae
Genus:	Acipenser Linnaeus, 1758
Species
17, see text

Acipenser is a genus of sturgeons. With 17 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 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)

Sources

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Acipenser". FishBase. February 2012 version.

External links

• Data related to Acipenser at Wikispecies
• Media related to Acipenser at Wikimedia Commons
• The dictionary definition of acipenser at Wiktionary