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Acipenser is a genus of sturgeons.With 17 living species (others are only known from fossil remains), it is the largest genus in the order Acipenseriformes.The genus is paraphyletic, containing all sturgeons that do not belong to Huso, Scaphirhynchus, or Pseudoscaphirhynchus, with many species more closely related to the other three genera than they are to other species of Acipenser.
Genus †Protoscaphirhynchus Wilimovsky, 1956; Genus † Engdahlichthys Murray et al. 2020; Genus †Anchiacipenser Sato, Murray, Vernygora and Currie, 2019; Genus †Priscosturion Grande & Hilton, 2009 [Psammorhynchus Grande & Hilton, 2006] Genus Acipenser Linnaeus, 1758; Genus Huso J. F. Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833; Genus Scaphirhynchus Heckel, 1835
Acipenser oxyrinchus can grow to a length of 14 ft (4.3 m) and a weight of 800 lb (360 kg). The lifespan of this species can be around 60 years. The lifespan of this species can be around 60 years. The color of Acipenser oxyrinchus is bluish-black or olive brown with lighter sides and a white belly.
Acipenser sinensis J. E. Gray, 1835 (Chinese sturgeon) Acipenser stellatus Pallas, 1771 (Starry sturgeon) Acipenser sturio Linnaeus, 1758 (European sea sturgeon) †Acipenser toliapicus Agassiz 1844 ex Woodward 1889; Acipenser transmontanus J. Richardson, 1836 (White sturgeon) †Acipenser tuberculosus Probst 1882; Genus Huso J. F. Brandt ...
White sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) is a species of sturgeon in the family Acipenseridae of the order Acipenseriformes. They are an anadromous (migratory) fish species ranging in the Eastern Pacific; from the Gulf of Alaska to Monterey, California .
The lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens), also known as the rock sturgeon, [7] is a North American temperate freshwater fish, one of about 25 species of sturgeon.Like other sturgeons, this species is a bottom feeder and has a partly cartilaginous skeleton, an overall streamlined shape, and skin bearing rows of bony plates on the sides and back.
The shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) is a small and endangered species of North American sturgeon. The earliest remains of the species are from the Late Cretaceous Period, over 70 million years ago. [ 5 ]
Acipenser atlanticus Rafinesque 1820 corrig. The European sea sturgeon ( Acipenser sturio ), also known as the Atlantic sturgeon or common sturgeon , is a species of sturgeon native to Europe. It was formerly abundant, being found in coastal habitats all over Europe .