Acipenser

Acipenser is a genus of sturgeons. 

 Species 

 Living species 
There are 17 living species:

 Acipenser baerii J. F. Brandt, 1869
 Acipenser baerii baerii J. F. Brandt, 1869 (Siberian sturgeon)
 Acipenser baerii baicalensis A. M. Nikolskii, 1896 (Baikal sturgeon)
 Acipenser baerii stenorrhynchus A. M. Nikolskii, 1896
 Acipenser brevirostrum Lesueur, 1818 (Shortnose sturgeon)
 Acipenser dabryanus A. H. A. Duméril, 1869 (Yangtze sturgeon)
 Acipenser fulvescens Rafinesque, 1817 (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, Sterlet sturgeon)
 Acipenser schrenckii J. F. Brandt, 1869 (Japanese sturgeon)
 Acipenser sinensis J. E. Gray, 1835 (Chinese sturgeon)
 Acipenser stellatus Pallas, 1771 (Starry sturgeon)
 Acipenser sturio Linnaeus, 1758 (European sea sturgeon)
 Acipenser transmontanus J. Richardson, 1836 (White sturgeon)


 Extinct species 

 †Acipenser albertensis Lambe 1902
 †Acipenser anisinferos Hilton & Grande 2022
 †Acipenser eruciferus Cope, 1876
 †Acipenser gigantissimus Nessov 1997
 †Acipenser molassicus Probst 1882
 †Acipenser praeparatorum Hilton & Grande 2022
 †Acipenser ornatus Leidy 1873
 †Acipenser tuberculosus Probst 1882
 †Acipenser toliapicus Agassiz 1844 ex Woodward 1889

 References 

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

Category:Sturgeons