WoRMS taxon details
Acipenser Linnaeus, 1758
125618 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125618)
accepted
Genus
Accipenser · unaccepted (misspelling)
Acipenser (Sterletus) Rafinesque, 1820 · unaccepted (synonym)
Arcipenser · unaccepted (misspelling)
Sterledus Rafinesque, 1820 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Sterletus Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 · unaccepted (primary homonym)
Sturio Rafinesque, 1810 · unaccepted
- Species Acipenser desotoi Vladykov, 1955
- Species Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815
- Species Acipenser sturio Linnaeus, 1758
- Subgenus Acipenser (Sterletus) Rafinesque, 1820 accepted as Acipenser Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
- Species Acipenser aculeatus Lovetsky, 1834 accepted as Acipenser gueldenstaedtii Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 accepted as Huso gueldenstaedtii (Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833)
- Species Acipenser acutirostris Ayres, 1854 accepted as Acipenser medirostris Ayres, 1854 accepted as Sinosturio medirostris (Ayres, 1854)
- Species Acipenser albula Forster, 1767 accepted as Huso huso (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Acipenser aleutensis Fitzinger, 1836 accepted as Acipenser transmontanus Richardson, 1836 accepted as Sinosturio transmontanus (Richardson, 1836) (synonym)
- Species Acipenser attilus Gray, 1851 accepted as Acipenser sturio Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Acipenser baeri Brandt, 1869 accepted as Acipenser baerii Brandt, 1869 accepted as Huso baerii (Brandt, 1869) (misspelling)
- Species Acipenser baerii Brandt, 1869 accepted as Huso baerii (Brandt, 1869) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Acipenser baieri Brandt, 1869 accepted as Acipenser baerii Brandt, 1869 accepted as Huso baerii (Brandt, 1869) (misspelling)
- Species Acipenser bairdii Duméril, 1870 accepted as Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815
- Species Acipenser beluga Forster, 1767 accepted as Huso huso (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Acipenser brevirostris Lesueur, 1818 accepted as Acipenser brevirostrum Lesueur, 1818 accepted as Huso brevirostrum (Lesueur, 1818) (misspelling)
- Species Acipenser brevirostris Brusina, 1902 accepted as Acipenser gueldenstaedtii Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 accepted as Huso gueldenstaedtii (Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833)
- Species Acipenser brevirostris Heckel, 1836 accepted as Acipenser gueldenstaedtii Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 accepted as Huso gueldenstaedtii (Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833)
- Species Acipenser brevirostrum Lesueur, 1818 accepted as Huso brevirostrum (Lesueur, 1818) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Acipenser colchicus Marty, 1940 accepted as Huso colchicus (Marty, 1940) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Acipenser dauricus Georgi, 1775 accepted as Huso dauricus (Georgi, 1775) accepted as Sinosturio dauricus (Georgi, 1775)
- Species Acipenser dubius Brusina, 1902 accepted as Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Huso ruthenus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Acipenser dubius Heckel, 1836 accepted as Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Huso ruthenus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Acipenser ducissae Duméril, 1870 accepted as Acipenser sturio Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Acipenser europaeus Brusina, 1902 accepted as Acipenser sturio Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Acipenser fitzingeri Duméril, 1870 accepted as Acipenser sturio Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling)
- Species Acipenser fitzingerii Duméril, 1870 accepted as Acipenser sturio Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Acipenser fulvescens Rafinesque, 1817 accepted as Huso fulvescens (Rafinesque, 1817) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Acipenser girardi Duméril, 1870 accepted as Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815
- Species Acipenser glaber Fitzinger, 1836 accepted as Acipenser nudiventris Lovetsky, 1828 accepted as Huso nudiventris (Lovetsky, 1828)
- Species Acipenser gmelini Fitzinger, 1836 accepted as Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Huso ruthenus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Acipenser gueldenstadti accepted as Acipenser gueldenstaedtii Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 accepted as Huso gueldenstaedtii (Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833)
- Species Acipenser gueldenstadtii Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 accepted as Acipenser gueldenstaedtii Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 accepted as Huso gueldenstaedtii (Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833) (misspelling)
- Species Acipenser gueldenstaedti Brandt & Ratzeberg, 1833 accepted as Acipenser gueldenstaedtii Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 accepted as Huso gueldenstaedtii (Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833) (misspelling)
- Species Acipenser gueldenstaedtii Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 accepted as Huso gueldenstaedtii (Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Acipenser guldenstadti Brandt & Ratzeberg, 1833 accepted as Acipenser gueldenstaedtii Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 accepted as Huso gueldenstaedtii (Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833) (misspelling)
- Species Acipenser güldenstädti Brandt & Ratzeberg, 1833 accepted as Acipenser gueldenstaedtii Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 accepted as Huso gueldenstaedtii (Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833) (misspelling)
- Species Acipenser guldenstaedti Brandt & Ratzeberg, 1833 accepted as Acipenser gueldenstaedtii Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 accepted as Huso gueldenstaedtii (Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833) (misspelling)
- Species Acipenser güldenstaedti Brandt & Ratzeberg, 1833 accepted as Acipenser gueldenstaedtii Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 accepted as Huso gueldenstaedtii (Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833) (misspelling)
- Species Acipenser hallowellii Duméril, 1870 accepted as Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815
- Species Acipenser heckelii Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 accepted as Acipenser naccarii Bonaparte, 1836 accepted as Huso naccarii (Bonaparte, 1836)
- Species Acipenser heckelii Fitzinger, 1836 accepted as Acipenser naccarii Bonaparte, 1836 accepted as Huso naccarii (Bonaparte, 1836)
- Species Acipenser helops Pallas, 1814 accepted as Acipenser stellatus Pallas, 1771 accepted as Huso stellatus (Pallas, 1771)
- Species Acipenser holbrookii Duméril, 1870 accepted as Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815
- Species Acipenser hospitus Krøyer, 1852 accepted as Acipenser sturio Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Acipenser huso Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Huso huso (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Acipenser jeniscensis Herzenstein, 1895 accepted as Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Huso ruthenus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Acipenser jenisensis Herzenstein, 1895 accepted as Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Huso ruthenus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Acipenser kamensis Lovetsky, 1834 accepted as Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Huso ruthenus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Acipenser kankreni Duméril, 1870 accepted as Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Huso ruthenus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Acipenser kennicottii Duméril, 1870 accepted as Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815
- Species Acipenser kikuchii Jordan & Snyder, 1901 accepted as Acipenser sinensis Gray, 1835 accepted as Sinosturio sinensis (Gray, 1835)
- Species Acipenser kostera Fitzinger, 1832 accepted as Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Huso ruthenus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Acipenser ladanus Ninni, 1872 accepted as Acipenser naccarii Bonaparte, 1836 accepted as Huso naccarii (Bonaparte, 1836)
- Species Acipenser ladanus Nardo, 1847 accepted as Acipenser naccarii Bonaparte, 1836 accepted as Huso naccarii (Bonaparte, 1836) (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Acipenser laevissimus Duméril, 1870 accepted as Acipenser sturio Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Acipenser latirostris Parnell, 1831-37 accepted as Acipenser sturio Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Acipenser lecontei Duméril, 1867 accepted as Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815
- Species Acipenser lichtensteinii Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815
- Species Acipenser lovetzkyi Duméril, 1870 accepted as Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Huso ruthenus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Acipenser macrophthalmus Brusina, 1902 accepted as Acipenser gueldenstaedtii Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 accepted as Huso gueldenstaedtii (Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833)
- Species Acipenser macrophthalmus Heckel, 1836 accepted as Acipenser gueldenstaedtii Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 accepted as Huso gueldenstaedtii (Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833)
- Species Acipenser macrorhinus Duméril, 1870 accepted as Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815
- Species Acipenser mantschuricus Basilewsky, 1855 accepted as Huso dauricus (Georgi, 1775) accepted as Sinosturio dauricus (Georgi, 1775)
- Species Acipenser marsiglii Brandt, 1833 accepted as Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Huso ruthenus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Acipenser medirostris Ayres, 1854 accepted as Sinosturio medirostris (Ayres, 1854) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Acipenser medius Brusina, 1902 accepted as Acipenser gueldenstaedtii Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 accepted as Huso gueldenstaedtii (Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833)
- Species Acipenser medius Heckel, 1836 accepted as Acipenser gueldenstaedtii Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 accepted as Huso gueldenstaedtii (Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833)
- Species Acipenser mikadoi Hilgendorf, 1892 accepted as Sinosturio mikadoi (Hilgendorf, 1892) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Acipenser milberti Duméril, 1870 accepted as Acipenser sturio Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Acipenser multiscutatus Tanaka, 1908 accepted as Acipenser schrenckii Brandt, 1869 accepted as Sinosturio schrenckii (Brandt, 1869)
- Species Acipenser naccari Bonaparte, 1836 accepted as Acipenser naccarii Bonaparte, 1836 accepted as Huso naccarii (Bonaparte, 1836) (misspelling)
- Species Acipenser naccarii Bonaparte, 1836 accepted as Huso naccarii (Bonaparte, 1836) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Acipenser nardoi Heckel, 1851 accepted as Acipenser naccarii Bonaparte, 1836 accepted as Huso naccarii (Bonaparte, 1836)
- Species Acipenser nasus Heckel, 1847 accepted as Acipenser naccarii Bonaparte, 1836 accepted as Huso naccarii (Bonaparte, 1836) (synonym)
- Species Acipenser nehelae Duméril, 1870 accepted as Acipenser sturio Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Acipenser nudivenris Lovetsky, 1828 accepted as Acipenser nudiventris Lovetsky, 1828 accepted as Huso nudiventris (Lovetsky, 1828) (misspelling)
- Species Acipenser nudiventris Lovetsky, 1828 accepted as Huso nudiventris (Lovetsky, 1828) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Acipenser orientalis Pallas, 1814 accepted as Huso dauricus (Georgi, 1775) accepted as Sinosturio dauricus (Georgi, 1775)
- Species Acipenser oxyrhynchus Mitchill, 1814 accepted as Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815 (misspelling)
- Species Acipenser persicus Borodin, 1897 accepted as Huso persicus (Borodin, 1897) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Acipenser platycephalus Bonaparte, 1846 accepted as Acipenser naccarii Bonaparte, 1836 accepted as Huso naccarii (Bonaparte, 1836)
- Species Acipenser platycephalus Heckel, 1836 accepted as Acipenser naccarii Bonaparte, 1836 accepted as Huso naccarii (Bonaparte, 1836)
- Species Acipenser podapos Duméril, 1870 accepted as Acipenser sturio Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Acipenser pygmaeus Reisinger, 1830 accepted as Acipenser gueldenstaedtii Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 accepted as Huso gueldenstaedtii (Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833)
- Species Acipenser pygmaeus Pallas, 1814 accepted as Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Huso ruthenus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Acipenser ratzeburgii Brandt, 1833 accepted as Acipenser stellatus Pallas, 1771 accepted as Huso stellatus (Pallas, 1771)
- Species Acipenser rostratus Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 accepted as Acipenser stellatus Pallas, 1771 accepted as Huso stellatus (Pallas, 1771)
- Species Acipenser rubicundus Lesueur, 1818 accepted as Acipenser fulvescens Rafinesque, 1817 accepted as Huso fulvescens (Rafinesque, 1817)
- Species Acipenser ruthenicus Brusina, 1902 accepted as Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Huso ruthenus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Acipenser ruthensis Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Huso ruthenus (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling)
- Species Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Huso ruthenus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Acipenser schrencki Brandt, 1869 accepted as Acipenser schrenckii Brandt, 1869 accepted as Sinosturio schrenckii (Brandt, 1869) (misspelling)
- Species Acipenser schrenckii Brandt, 1869 accepted as Sinosturio schrenckii (Brandt, 1869) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Acipenser schrenki Brandt, 1869 accepted as Acipenser schrenckii Brandt, 1869 accepted as Sinosturio schrenckii (Brandt, 1869) (misspelling)
- Species Acipenser schypa Güldenstädt, 1772 accepted as Acipenser nudiventris Lovetsky, 1828 accepted as Huso nudiventris (Lovetsky, 1828)
- Species Acipenser schypa Bonnaterre, 1788 accepted as Acipenser nudiventris Lovetsky, 1828 accepted as Huso nudiventris (Lovetsky, 1828)
- Species Acipenser schypa Gmelin, 1789 accepted as Huso huso (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Acipenser seuruga Bonnaterre, 1788 accepted as Acipenser stellatus Pallas, 1771 accepted as Huso stellatus (Pallas, 1771)
- Species Acipenser shyp Forster, 1767 accepted as Huso huso (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Acipenser sinensis Gray, 1835 accepted as Sinosturio sinensis (Gray, 1835) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Acipenser stellatus Pallas, 1771 accepted as Huso stellatus (Pallas, 1771) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Acipenser stenorrhynchus Nikolskii, 1896 accepted as Acipenser baerii Brandt, 1869 accepted as Huso baerii (Brandt, 1869) (synonym)
- Species Acipenser sterlet Brusina, 1902 (unaccepted)
- Species Acipenser stureio Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Acipenser sturioides Malm, 1861 (unaccepted)
- Species Acipenser sturionaster Brusina, 1902 (unaccepted)
- Species Acipenser sturionellus Nardo, 1860 (unaccepted)
- Species Acipenser thompsonii Ball, 1856 (unaccepted)
- Species Acipenser transmontanus Richardson, 1836 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Acipenser tücka Brusina, 1902 (unaccepted, misspelling)
- Species Acipenser tuecka Heckel, 1836 (unaccepted)
- Species Acipenser turritus Brusina, 1902 (unaccepted)
- Species Acipenser turritus Fitzinger & Heckel, 1836 (unaccepted)
- Species Acipenser valenciennii Duméril, 1870 (unaccepted)
- Species Acipenser vallisnerii Molin, 1853 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Acipenser yarrellii Duméril, 1867 (unaccepted)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Acipenser Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125618 on 2025-07-02
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Nomenclature
original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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original description (of Sturio Rafinesque, 1810) Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. <em>Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy.</em> Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105 [106 blank]). Pls. 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47825964 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 237 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Sturio Rafinesque, 1810) Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. <em>Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy.</em> Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105 [106 blank]). Pls. 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47825964 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]




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