Acipenser

genus of sturgeons

Acipenser is a genus of sturgeons.

Atlantic sturgeon

Species change

Living species change

There are 17 living 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 persicus Borodin, 1897 (Persian sturgeon)
  • Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758 (Sterlet, Sterlet sturgeon)
  • 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)
 
Lake sturgeon

Extinct species change

  • Acipenser albertensis Lambe 1902
  • Acipenser anisinferos Hilton & Grande 2022
  • Acipenser eruciferus Cope, 1876
  • Acipenser gigantissimus Nessov 1997
  • Acipenser molassicus Probst 1882
  • Acipenser praeparatorum Hilton & Grande 2022
  • Acipenser ornatus Leidy 1873
  • Acipenser tuberculosus Probst 1882
  • Acipenser toliapicus Agassiz 1844 ex Woodward 1889

References change

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Acipenser in FishBase. May 2019 version.