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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 ...
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 .
Most living species of Acipenseriformes are classified as threatened (mostly endangered or critically endangered) by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The Chinese paddlefish was last seen alive in 2003, and was considered to have gone extinct sometime between 2005 and 2010 by the Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute in ...
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.
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 Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) is a member of the family Acipenseridae, and, along with other sturgeon, it is sometimes considered a living fossil. The Atlantic sturgeon is one of two subspecies of A. oxyrinchus , the other being the Gulf sturgeon ( A. o. desotoi ).
Acipenser brevirostrum Fishing for sturgeon was a common practice among Native Americans and settlers who arrived along the East Coast of North America. The shortnose sturgeon ( Acipenser brevirostrum ) is a small and endangered species of North American sturgeon .