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Atlantic sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus
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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.
Systematics
Acipenseriformes
- Family
Acipenseridae
- Subfamily
Acipenserinae
- Genus
Acipenser
- Acipenser baerii
- Siberian sturgeon, Acipenser baerii
baerii
Baikal sturgeon, Acipenser baerii baicalensis
- Siberian sturgeon, Acipenser baerii
baerii
- 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
- Gulf sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus
desotoi
- 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
- Acipenser baerii
- Genus Huso
- Beluga sturgeon, Huso huso
Kaluga sturgeon, Huso dauricus
- Beluga sturgeon, Huso huso
- Genus
Acipenser
- Subfamily
Scaphirhynchinae
- Genus Scaphirhynchus
- Pallid sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus albus
Shovelnose sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus platorynchus
Alabama sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus suttkusi
- Pallid sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus albus
- Genus Pseudosaphirhynchus
- Dwarf sturgeon, Pseudoscaphirhynchus
hermanni
Syr Darya sturgeon, Pseudoscaphirhynchus fedtschenkoi
Amu Darya sturgeon, Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni
- Dwarf sturgeon, Pseudoscaphirhynchus
hermanni
- Genus Scaphirhynchus
- Subfamily
Acipenserinae
- Family
Polyodontidae (Paddlefish)
- Genus Polyodon
- American paddlefish, Polyodon spathula (USA)
- Genus Psephurus
- Chinese paddlefish, Psephurus gladius
- Genus Polyodon
External links
References
- ^ "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