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Acipenseriformes

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Acipenseriformes

Rank
  
order

Phylum
  
Chordata

Higher classification
  
Chondrostei

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Lower classifications
  
Sturgeon, Paddlefish

Acipenseriformes /æSᵻˈPɛNsərᵻˈfɔːrmiːz/  is an order of basal ray-finned fishes that includes the sturgeons and paddlefishes, as well as some extinct families.

Notable characteristics of Acipenseriformes include:

  • Cartilaginous endoskeleton
  • Lack of vertebral centrum
  • Spiral valve intestine
  • Conus arteriosus

    • Acipenseriformes

    Order Acipenseriformes Berg, 1940

    Acipenseriformes Acipenseriformes

  • Family Acipenseridae Bonaparte, 1831
  • Subfamily Acipenserinae
  • Genus Acipenser Linnaeus, 1758
  • 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 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 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)
  • Genus Huso J. F. Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833
  • Huso dauricus (Georgi, 1775) (Kaluga sturgeon)
  • Huso huso (Linnaeus, 1758) (Beluga sturgeon)
  • Subfamily Scaphirhynchinae
  • Genus Scaphirhynchus Heckel, 1835
  • Scaphirhynchus albus (Forbes & R. E. Richardson, 1905) (Pallid sturgeon)
  • Scaphirhynchus platorynchus (Rafinesque, 1820) (Shovelnose sturgeon)
  • Scaphirhynchus suttkusi J. D. Williams & Clemmer, 1991 (Alabama sturgeon)
  • Genus Pseudoscaphirhynchus Nikolskii, 1900
  • Pseudoscaphirhynchus fedtschenkoi (Kessler, 1872) (Syr Darya sturgeon)
  • Pseudoscaphirhynchus hermanni (Kessler, 1877) (Dwarf sturgeon)
  • Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni (Kessler, 1877) (Amu Darya sturgeon)
  • Family Polyodontidae Bonaparte, 1838 (Paddlefish)
  • Genus Polyodon Lacépède, 1797
  • Polyodon spathula (Walbaum, 1792) (American paddlefish)
  • Genus Psephurus Günther, 1873
  • Psephurus gladius (E. von Martens, 1862) (Chinese paddlefish)


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    References

    Acipenseriformes Wikipedia
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