Acipenseriformes
| Acipenseriformes Temporal range: Late Jurassic–Recent | |
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| Atlantic sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acipenseriformes L. S. Berg, 1940 |
| Families | |
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Acipenseridae— sturgeons | |
Yanosteus longidorsalis MHNT
Acipenseriformes /æsɨˈpɛnsərɨˈfɔrmiːz/ are an order of basal[2] ray-finned fishes that includes the sturgeons and paddlefishes, as well as some extinct families.[3]
Notable characteristics of Acipenseriformes include:
- Cartilaginous endoskeleton
- Lack of vertebral centrum
- Spiral valve intestine
- Conus arteriosus
Species
Acipenseriformes
Order Acipenseriformes Berg, 1940
- Family Acipenseridae Bonaparte, 1831
- Subfamily Acipenserinae
- Genus Acipenser Linnaeus, 1758
- Acipenser baerii J. F. Brandt, 1869
- Acipenser baerii baerii J. F. Brandt, 1869 (Siberian sturgeon)
- Acipenser baerii baicalensis Nikolskii, 1896 (Baikal sturgeon)
- Acipenser brevirostrum Lesueur, 1818 (Shortnose sturgeon)
- Acipenser dabryanus A. H. A. Duméril, 1869 (Yangtze sturgeon)
- Acipenser fulvescens Rafinesque (Lake sturgeon)
- Acipenser gueldenstaedtii J. F. Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 (Russian sturgeon)
- Acipenser medirostris Ayres, 1854 (Green sturgeon)
- Acipenser mikadoi Hilgendorf, 1892 (Sakhalin sturgeon)
- Acipenser naccarii Bonaparte, 1836 (Adriatic sturgeon)
- Acipenser nudiventris Lovetsky, 1828 (Fringebarbel sturgeon)
- Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815
- Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi Vladykov, 1955 (Gulf sturgeon)
- Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815 (Atlantic sturgeon)
- Acipenser persicus Borodin, 1897 (Persian sturgeon)
- Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758 (Sterlet)
- Acipenser schrenckii J. F. Brandt, 1869 (Amur sturgeon)
- Acipenser sinensis J. E. Gray, 1835 (Chinese sturgeon)
- Acipenser stellatus Pallas, 1771 (Starry sturgeon)
- Acipenser sturio Linnaeus, 1758 (European sturgeon)
- Acipenser transmontanus J. Richardson, 1836 (White sturgeon)
- Acipenser baerii J. F. Brandt, 1869
- Genus Huso J. F. Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833
- Genus Acipenser Linnaeus, 1758
- Subfamily Scaphirhynchinae
- Genus Scaphirhynchus Heckel, 1835
- Scaphirhynchus albus (Forbes & R. E. Richardson, 1905) (Pallid sturgeon)
- Scaphirhynchus platorynchus (Rafinesque, 1820) (Shovelnose sturgeon)
- Scaphirhynchus suttkusi J. D. Williams & Clemmer, 1991 (Alabama sturgeon)
- Genus Pseudoscaphirhynchus Nikolskii, 1900
- Pseudoscaphirhynchus fedtschenkoi (Kessler, 1872) (Syr Darya sturgeon)
- Pseudoscaphirhynchus hermanni (Kessler, 1877) (Dwarf sturgeon)
- Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni (Kessler, 1877) (Amu Darya sturgeon)
- Genus Scaphirhynchus Heckel, 1835
- Subfamily Acipenserinae
- Family Polyodontidae Bonaparte, 1838 (Paddlefish)
- Genus Polyodon Lacépède, 1797
- Polyodon spathula (Walbaum, 1792) (American paddlefish)
- Genus Psephurus Günther, 1873
- Psephurus gladius (E. von Martens, 1862) (Chinese paddlefish)
- Genus Polyodon Lacépède, 1797
External links
References
- ↑ Wiley, Edward G. (1998). Paxton, J.R. & Eschmeyer, W.N., ed. Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. pp. 76–79. ISBN 0-12-547665-5.
- ↑ Venkatesh, B. (2003). "Evolution and diversity of fish genomes". Current Opinion in Genetics & Development 13 (6): 588. doi:10.1016/j.gde.2003.09.001.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Acipenseriformes" in FishBase. 05 2006 version.
- 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
- Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
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