Acipenseriformes

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Acipenseriformes
Atlantic sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus
Atlantic sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acipenseriformes
Families

Acipenseridae—sturgeons
Polyodontidae—paddlefishes
Chondrosteidae—extinct
Errolichthyidae—extinct

Acipenseriformes are an order of primitive ray-finned fishes that includes the sturgeons and paddlefishes, as well as some extinct families.[1]


Acipenseriform skeletons are largely cartilage.

[edit] Systematics

[edit] Acipenseriformes

  • Family Acipenseridae
    • Subfamily Acipenserinae
      • Genus Acipenser
        • Acipenser baerii
          • Siberian sturgeon, Acipenser baerii baerii
          • Baikal sturgeon, Acipenser baerii baicalensis
        • Shortnose sturgeon, Acipenser brevirostrum (USA)
        • Yangtze sturgeon, Acipenser dabryanus
        • Lake sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens (USA)
        • 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 (USA)
          • Gulf sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi
          • Atlantic sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus
        • 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
      • Genus Huso
    • Subfamily Scaphirhynchinae
      • Genus Scaphirhynchus
      • Genus Pseudosaphirhynchus
        • Dwarf sturgeon, Pseudoscaphirhynchus hermanni
        • Syr Darya sturgeon, Pseudoscaphirhynchus fedtschenkoi
        • Amu Darya sturgeon, Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Acipenseriformes". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. 05 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
  • Martin Hochleithner and Joern Gessner, The Sturgeons and Paddlefishes of the World: Biology and Aquaculture
  • Martin Hochleithner, Joern Gessner, and Sergej Podushka, The Bibliography of Acipenseriformes
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