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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 Acipenser Linnaeus, 1758 †Acipenser albertensis Lambe 1902 > Acipenser 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)
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
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 Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baerii) is a species of sturgeon in the family Acipenseridae.It is most present in all of the major Siberian river basins that drain northward into the Kara, Laptev and East Siberian Seas, including the Ob, Yenisei (which drains Lake Baikal via the Angara River) Lena, and Kolyma Rivers.
The Russian sturgeon (Acipenser gueldenstaedtii), also known as the diamond sturgeon or Danube sturgeon, is a species of fish in the family Acipenseridae.It is found in Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, and Ukraine.
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 .
The Japanese sturgeon or Amur sturgeon (Acipenser schrenckii) is a species of fish in the family Acipenseridae found in the Amur River basin in China and Russia. Claims of its presence in the Sea of Japan need confirmation. [5] The species has 11–16 dorsal, 34–47 lateral, and 7–16 ventral scutes.