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Acipenser Linnaeus, 1758

125618  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125618)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Chondrostei (Class)
  10. Acipenseriformes (Order)
  11. Acipenseridae (Family)
  12. Acipenser (Genus)
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Genus
Accipenser · unaccepted (misspelling)
Arcipenser · unaccepted (misspelling)
Sterledus Rafinesque, 1820 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Sterletus Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 · unaccepted (primary homonym)

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  1. Species Acipenser desotoi Vladykov, 1955
  2. Species Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815
  3. Species Acipenser sturio Linnaeus, 1758
  4. Subgenus Acipenser (Sterletus) Rafinesque, 1820 accepted as Acipenser Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
  5. Species Acipenser aculeatus Lovetsky, 1834 accepted as Acipenser gueldenstaedtii Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 accepted as Huso gueldenstaedtii (Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833)
  6. Species Acipenser acutirostris Ayres, 1854 accepted as Acipenser medirostris Ayres, 1854 accepted as Sinosturio medirostris (Ayres, 1854)
  7. Species Acipenser albula Forster, 1767 accepted as Huso huso (Linnaeus, 1758)
  8. Species Acipenser aleutensis Fitzinger, 1836 accepted as Acipenser transmontanus Richardson, 1836 accepted as Sinosturio transmontanus (Richardson, 1836) (synonym)
  9. Species Acipenser attilus Gray, 1851 accepted as Acipenser sturio Linnaeus, 1758
  10. Species Acipenser baeri Brandt, 1869 accepted as Acipenser baerii Brandt, 1869 accepted as Huso baerii (Brandt, 1869) (misspelling)
  11. Species Acipenser baerii Brandt, 1869 accepted as Huso baerii (Brandt, 1869) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  12. Species Acipenser baieri Brandt, 1869 accepted as Acipenser baerii Brandt, 1869 accepted as Huso baerii (Brandt, 1869) (misspelling)
  13. Species Acipenser bairdii Duméril, 1870 accepted as Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815
  14. Species Acipenser beluga Forster, 1767 accepted as Huso huso (Linnaeus, 1758)
  15. Species Acipenser brevirostris Lesueur, 1818 accepted as Acipenser brevirostrum Lesueur, 1818 accepted as Huso brevirostrum (Lesueur, 1818) (misspelling)
  16. Species Acipenser brevirostris Brusina, 1902 accepted as Acipenser gueldenstaedtii Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 accepted as Huso gueldenstaedtii (Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833)
  17. Species Acipenser brevirostris Heckel, 1836 accepted as Acipenser gueldenstaedtii Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 accepted as Huso gueldenstaedtii (Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833)
  18. Species Acipenser brevirostrum Lesueur, 1818 accepted as Huso brevirostrum (Lesueur, 1818) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  19. Species Acipenser colchicus Marty, 1940 accepted as Huso colchicus (Marty, 1940) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  20. Species Acipenser dauricus Georgi, 1775 accepted as Huso dauricus (Georgi, 1775) accepted as Sinosturio dauricus (Georgi, 1775)
  21. Species Acipenser dubius Brusina, 1902 accepted as Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Huso ruthenus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  22. Species Acipenser dubius Heckel, 1836 accepted as Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Huso ruthenus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  23. Species Acipenser ducissae Duméril, 1870 accepted as Acipenser sturio Linnaeus, 1758
  24. Species Acipenser europaeus Brusina, 1902 accepted as Acipenser sturio Linnaeus, 1758
  25. Species Acipenser fitzingeri Duméril, 1870 accepted as Acipenser sturio Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling)
  26. Species Acipenser fitzingerii Duméril, 1870 accepted as Acipenser sturio Linnaeus, 1758
  27. Species Acipenser fulvescens Rafinesque, 1817 accepted as Huso fulvescens (Rafinesque, 1817) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  28. Species Acipenser girardi Duméril, 1870 accepted as Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815
  29. Species Acipenser glaber Fitzinger, 1836 accepted as Acipenser nudiventris Lovetsky, 1828 accepted as Huso nudiventris (Lovetsky, 1828)
  30. Species Acipenser gmelini Fitzinger, 1836 accepted as Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Huso ruthenus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  31. Species Acipenser gueldenstadti accepted as Acipenser gueldenstaedtii Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 accepted as Huso gueldenstaedtii (Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833)
  32. Species Acipenser gueldenstadtii Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 accepted as Acipenser gueldenstaedtii Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 accepted as Huso gueldenstaedtii (Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833) (misspelling)
  33. Species Acipenser gueldenstaedti Brandt & Ratzeberg, 1833 accepted as Acipenser gueldenstaedtii Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 accepted as Huso gueldenstaedtii (Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833) (misspelling)
  34. Species Acipenser gueldenstaedtii Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 accepted as Huso gueldenstaedtii (Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  35. Species Acipenser guldenstadti Brandt & Ratzeberg, 1833 accepted as Acipenser gueldenstaedtii Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 accepted as Huso gueldenstaedtii (Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833) (misspelling)
  36. Species Acipenser güldenstädti Brandt & Ratzeberg, 1833 accepted as Acipenser gueldenstaedtii Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 accepted as Huso gueldenstaedtii (Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833) (misspelling)
  37. Species Acipenser guldenstaedti Brandt & Ratzeberg, 1833 accepted as Acipenser gueldenstaedtii Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 accepted as Huso gueldenstaedtii (Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833) (misspelling)
  38. Species Acipenser güldenstaedti Brandt & Ratzeberg, 1833 accepted as Acipenser gueldenstaedtii Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 accepted as Huso gueldenstaedtii (Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833) (misspelling)
  39. Species Acipenser hallowellii Duméril, 1870 accepted as Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815
  40. Species Acipenser heckelii Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 accepted as Acipenser naccarii Bonaparte, 1836 accepted as Huso naccarii (Bonaparte, 1836)
  41. Species Acipenser heckelii Fitzinger, 1836 accepted as Acipenser naccarii Bonaparte, 1836 accepted as Huso naccarii (Bonaparte, 1836)
  42. Species Acipenser helops Pallas, 1814 accepted as Acipenser stellatus Pallas, 1771 accepted as Huso stellatus (Pallas, 1771)
  43. Species Acipenser holbrookii Duméril, 1870 accepted as Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815
  44. Species Acipenser hospitus Krøyer, 1852 accepted as Acipenser sturio Linnaeus, 1758
  45. Species Acipenser huso Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Huso huso (Linnaeus, 1758)
  46. Species Acipenser jeniscensis Herzenstein, 1895 accepted as Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Huso ruthenus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
  47. Species Acipenser jenisensis Herzenstein, 1895 accepted as Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Huso ruthenus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  48. Species Acipenser kamensis Lovetsky, 1834 accepted as Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Huso ruthenus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  49. Species Acipenser kankreni Duméril, 1870 accepted as Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Huso ruthenus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  50. Species Acipenser kennicottii Duméril, 1870 accepted as Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815
  51. Species Acipenser kikuchii Jordan & Snyder, 1901 accepted as Acipenser sinensis Gray, 1835 accepted as Sinosturio sinensis (Gray, 1835)
  52. Species Acipenser kostera Fitzinger, 1832 accepted as Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Huso ruthenus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  53. Species Acipenser ladanus Ninni, 1872 accepted as Acipenser naccarii Bonaparte, 1836 accepted as Huso naccarii (Bonaparte, 1836)
  54. Species Acipenser ladanus Nardo, 1847 accepted as Acipenser naccarii Bonaparte, 1836 accepted as Huso naccarii (Bonaparte, 1836) (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  55. Species Acipenser laevissimus Duméril, 1870 accepted as Acipenser sturio Linnaeus, 1758
  56. Species Acipenser latirostris Parnell, 1831-37 accepted as Acipenser sturio Linnaeus, 1758
  57. Species Acipenser lecontei Duméril, 1867 accepted as Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815
  58. Species Acipenser lichtensteinii Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815
  59. Species Acipenser lovetzkyi Duméril, 1870 accepted as Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Huso ruthenus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  60. Species Acipenser macrophthalmus Brusina, 1902 accepted as Acipenser gueldenstaedtii Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 accepted as Huso gueldenstaedtii (Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833)
  61. Species Acipenser macrophthalmus Heckel, 1836 accepted as Acipenser gueldenstaedtii Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 accepted as Huso gueldenstaedtii (Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833)
  62. Species Acipenser macrorhinus Duméril, 1870 accepted as Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815
  63. Species Acipenser mantschuricus Basilewsky, 1855 accepted as Huso dauricus (Georgi, 1775) accepted as Sinosturio dauricus (Georgi, 1775)
  64. Species Acipenser marsiglii Brandt, 1833 accepted as Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Huso ruthenus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  65. Species Acipenser medirostris Ayres, 1854 accepted as Sinosturio medirostris (Ayres, 1854) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  66. Species Acipenser medius Brusina, 1902 accepted as Acipenser gueldenstaedtii Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 accepted as Huso gueldenstaedtii (Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833)
  67. Species Acipenser medius Heckel, 1836 accepted as Acipenser gueldenstaedtii Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 accepted as Huso gueldenstaedtii (Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833)
  68. Species Acipenser mikadoi Hilgendorf, 1892 accepted as Sinosturio mikadoi (Hilgendorf, 1892) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  69. Species Acipenser milberti Duméril, 1870 accepted as Acipenser sturio Linnaeus, 1758
  70. Species Acipenser multiscutatus Tanaka, 1908 accepted as Acipenser schrenckii Brandt, 1869 accepted as Sinosturio schrenckii (Brandt, 1869)
  71. Species Acipenser naccari Bonaparte, 1836 accepted as Acipenser naccarii Bonaparte, 1836 accepted as Huso naccarii (Bonaparte, 1836) (misspelling)
  72. Species Acipenser naccarii Bonaparte, 1836 accepted as Huso naccarii (Bonaparte, 1836) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  73. Species Acipenser nardoi Heckel, 1851 accepted as Acipenser naccarii Bonaparte, 1836 accepted as Huso naccarii (Bonaparte, 1836)
  74. Species Acipenser nasus Heckel, 1847 accepted as Acipenser naccarii Bonaparte, 1836 accepted as Huso naccarii (Bonaparte, 1836) (synonym)
  75. Species Acipenser nehelae Duméril, 1870 accepted as Acipenser sturio Linnaeus, 1758
  76. Species Acipenser nudivenris Lovetsky, 1828 accepted as Acipenser nudiventris Lovetsky, 1828 accepted as Huso nudiventris (Lovetsky, 1828) (misspelling)
  77. Species Acipenser nudiventris Lovetsky, 1828 accepted as Huso nudiventris (Lovetsky, 1828) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  78. Species Acipenser orientalis Pallas, 1814 accepted as Huso dauricus (Georgi, 1775) accepted as Sinosturio dauricus (Georgi, 1775)
  79. Species Acipenser oxyrhynchus Mitchill, 1814 accepted as Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815 (misspelling)
  80. Species Acipenser persicus Borodin, 1897 accepted as Huso persicus (Borodin, 1897) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  81. Species Acipenser platycephalus Bonaparte, 1846 accepted as Acipenser naccarii Bonaparte, 1836 accepted as Huso naccarii (Bonaparte, 1836)
  82. Species Acipenser platycephalus Heckel, 1836 accepted as Acipenser naccarii Bonaparte, 1836 accepted as Huso naccarii (Bonaparte, 1836)
  83. Species Acipenser podapos Duméril, 1870 accepted as Acipenser sturio Linnaeus, 1758
  84. Species Acipenser pygmaeus Reisinger, 1830 accepted as Acipenser gueldenstaedtii Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 accepted as Huso gueldenstaedtii (Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833)
  85. Species Acipenser pygmaeus Pallas, 1814 accepted as Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Huso ruthenus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  86. Species Acipenser ratzeburgii Brandt, 1833 accepted as Acipenser stellatus Pallas, 1771 accepted as Huso stellatus (Pallas, 1771)
  87. Species Acipenser rostratus Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 accepted as Acipenser stellatus Pallas, 1771 accepted as Huso stellatus (Pallas, 1771)
  88. Species Acipenser rubicundus Lesueur, 1818 accepted as Acipenser fulvescens Rafinesque, 1817 accepted as Huso fulvescens (Rafinesque, 1817)
  89. Species Acipenser ruthenicus Brusina, 1902 accepted as Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Huso ruthenus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  90. Species Acipenser ruthensis Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Huso ruthenus (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling)
  91. Species Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Huso ruthenus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  92. Species Acipenser schrencki Brandt, 1869 accepted as Acipenser schrenckii Brandt, 1869 accepted as Sinosturio schrenckii (Brandt, 1869) (misspelling)
  93. Species Acipenser schrenckii Brandt, 1869 accepted as Sinosturio schrenckii (Brandt, 1869) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  94. Species Acipenser schrenki Brandt, 1869 accepted as Acipenser schrenckii Brandt, 1869 accepted as Sinosturio schrenckii (Brandt, 1869) (misspelling)
  95. Species Acipenser schypa Güldenstädt, 1772 accepted as Acipenser nudiventris Lovetsky, 1828 accepted as Huso nudiventris (Lovetsky, 1828)
  96. Species Acipenser schypa Bonnaterre, 1788 accepted as Acipenser nudiventris Lovetsky, 1828 accepted as Huso nudiventris (Lovetsky, 1828)
  97. Species Acipenser schypa Gmelin, 1789 accepted as Huso huso (Linnaeus, 1758)
  98. Species Acipenser seuruga Bonnaterre, 1788 accepted as Acipenser stellatus Pallas, 1771 accepted as Huso stellatus (Pallas, 1771)
  99. Species Acipenser shyp Forster, 1767 accepted as Huso huso (Linnaeus, 1758)
  100. Species Acipenser sinensis Gray, 1835 accepted as Sinosturio sinensis (Gray, 1835) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  101. Species Acipenser stellatus Pallas, 1771 accepted as Huso stellatus (Pallas, 1771) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  102. Species Acipenser stenorrhynchus Nikolskii, 1896 accepted as Acipenser baerii Brandt, 1869 accepted as Huso baerii (Brandt, 1869) (synonym)
  103. Species Acipenser sterlet Brusina, 1902 (unaccepted)
  104. Species Acipenser stureio Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  105. Species Acipenser sturioides Malm, 1861 (unaccepted)
  106. Species Acipenser sturionaster Brusina, 1902 (unaccepted)
  107. Species Acipenser sturionellus Nardo, 1860 (unaccepted)
  108. Species Acipenser thompsonii Ball, 1856 (unaccepted)
  109. Species Acipenser transmontanus Richardson, 1836 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  110. Species Acipenser tücka Brusina, 1902 (unaccepted, misspelling)
  111. Species Acipenser tuecka Heckel, 1836 (unaccepted)
  112. Species Acipenser turritus Brusina, 1902 (unaccepted)
  113. Species Acipenser turritus Fitzinger & Heckel, 1836 (unaccepted)
  114. Species Acipenser valenciennii Duméril, 1870 (unaccepted)
  115. Species Acipenser vallisnerii Molin, 1853 (unaccepted, synonym)
  116. 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
page(s): 237 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
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 2025-06-30
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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van der Land, Jacob
2013-01-04 15:09:25Z
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Bailly, Nicolas
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Bailly, Nicolas
2014-12-02 12:48:54Z
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Bailly, Nicolas

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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
page(s): 237 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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] OpenAccess publication

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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Japanese チョウザメ属  [details]
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acipenser) 
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To NMNH Extant Collection (Acipenser stellatus USNM 237414 radiograph ventral view) 
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Unreviewed
Gilson (1921, fig. 17)
Gilson (1921, fig. 17)
Image from typetaxon
Olsen (1883, map 26)
Olsen (1883, map 26)
Image from typetaxon
Poll (1947, fig. 081)
Poll (1947, fig. 081)
Image from typetaxon
Acipenser sturio
Acipenser sturio
Image from typetaxon
Poll (1947, fig. 080)
Poll (1947, fig. 080)
Image from typetaxon
Acipenser sturio
Acipenser sturio
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To NMNH Extant Collection (Acipenser stellatus USNM 237414 radiograph ventral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Acipenser stellatus USNM 237414 radiograph ventral view)
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