Acipenser

Atlantic sturgeon

Acipenser is a genus of sturgeons.

Species

Living 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)

Lake sturgeon

Extinct species

• †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

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