Acipenser

Acipenser; Temporal range: 70.6–Present Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Atlantic sturgeon; (Acipenser oxyrinchus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acipenseriformes
Family:	Acipenseridae
Subfamily:	Acipenserinae
Genus:	Acipenser; Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
	Acipenser sturio; Linnaeus, 1758
Species
	see text
Synonyms
	Dinoctus Rafinesque 1818; Sturio Rafinesque 1810; Acipenser (Euacipenser) Murgoci 1942;

Acipenser is a genus of sturgeons.

Species

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 oxyrinchus desotoi Vladykov, 1955 (Gulf sturgeon)
- Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815 (Atlantic sturgeon)
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)

↑ "Acipenseridae" (PDF). Deeplyfish- fishes of the world. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017.

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

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Acipenser Temporal range: 70.6–Present Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acipenseriformes
Family:	Acipenseridae
Subfamily:	Acipenserinae
Genus:	Acipenser Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Acipenser sturio Linnaeus, 1758
Species
see text
Synonyms
Dinoctus Rafinesque 1818 Sturio Rafinesque 1810 Acipenser (Euacipenser) Murgoci 1942