25 Species in Family Acipenseridae
Nominal species list for Acipenseridae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Acipenser baerii Brandt, 1869 Siberian sturgeon
Acipenser brevirostrum Lesueur, 1818 Shortnose sturgeon
Acipenser dabryanus Duméril, 1869 Yangtze sturgeon
Acipenser fulvescens Rafinesque, 1817 Lake sturgeon
Acipenser gueldenstaedtii Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 Danube 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 Atlantic sturgeon
Acipenser persicus Borodin, 1897 Persian sturgeon
Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758 Sterlet sturgeon
Acipenser schrenckii Brandt, 1869 Amur sturgeon
Acipenser sinensis Gray, 1835 Chinese sturgeon
Acipenser stellatus Pallas, 1771 Starry sturgeon
Acipenser sturio Linnaeus, 1758 Sturgeon
Acipenser transmontanus Richardson, 1836 White sturgeon
Huso dauricus (Georgi, 1775) Kaluga
Huso huso (Linnaeus, 1758) Beluga
Pseudoscaphirhynchus fedtschenkoi (Kessler, 1872) Syr Darya sturgeon
Pseudoscaphirhynchus hermanni (Kessler, 1877) Dwarf sturgeon
Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni (Kessler, 1877) Amu Darya sturgeon
Scaphirhynchus albus (Forbes & Richardson, 1905) Pallid sturgeon
Scaphirhynchus platorynchus (Rafinesque, 1820) Shovelnose sturgeon
Scaphirhynchus suttkusi Williams & Clemmer, 1991 Alabama sturgeon
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