Acipenser (original) (raw)

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_Acipenser_Temporal range: 70.6–Present Ma PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Atlantic sturgeon(Acipenser oxyrinchus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acipenseriformes
Family: Acipenseridae
Subfamily: Acipenserinae
Genus: AcipenserLinnaeus, 1758
Type species
Acipenser sturioLinnaeus, 1758
Species
see text
Synonyms[1]
Dinoctus Rafinesque 1818 Sturio Rafinesque 1810 Acipenser (Euacipenser) Murgoci 1942

Acipenser is a genus of sturgeons.

There are 17 living species:

Lake sturgeon

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

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