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| Acipenser Fossil range: Campanian to Present[1] |
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 Atlantic sturgeon
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Acipenser is genus of sturgeons. With about 18 species, many of which are threatened, it is the largest genus in the order Acipenseriformes.
Species
- Acipenser baerii
- Siberian sturgeon, Acipenser baerii baerii
- Baikal sturgeon, Acipenser baerii baicalensis
- Shortnose sturgeon, Acipenser brevirostrum
- Yangtze sturgeon, Acipenser dabryanus
- Lake sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens
- Russian sturgeon, Acipenser gueldenstaedtii
- Green sturgeon, Acipenser medirostris
- Sakhalin sturgeon, Acipenser mikadoi
- Japanese sturgeon, Acipenser multiscutatus
- Adriatic sturgeon, Acipenser naccarii
- Fringebarbel sturgeon, Acipenser nudiventris
- Acipenser oxyrinchus
- Atlantic sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus
- Gulf sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi
- Persian sturgeon, Acipenser persicus
- Sterlet, Acipenser ruthenus
- Amur sturgeon, Acipenser schrenckii
- Chinese sturgeon, Acipenser sinensis
- Starry sturgeon, Acipenser stellatus
- European sturgeon, Acipenser sturio (also [wrongly] "Baltic sturgeon")
- White sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus
References
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560. Retrieved on 2007-12-31.
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