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Acipenser

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Acipenseridae

Higher classification
  
Acipenserinae

Rank
  
Genus

Order
  
Acipenseriformes

Scientific name
  
Acipenser

Phylum
  
Chordata

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Lower classifications
  
Sterlet, Russian sturgeon, Siberian sturgeon, Starry sturgeon, European sea sturgeon

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Acipenser is a genus of sturgeons. With 17 species, many of which are threatened, it is the largest genus in the order Acipenseriformes.

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Species

Acipenser Russian sturgeon Wikipedia

  • 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)

    • Acipenser Atlantic Sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus sturgeons

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    References

    Acipenser Wikipedia
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