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Acipenseridae Bonaparte, 1831

114136  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:114136)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Actinopterygii (Class)
  6. Acipenseriformes (Order)
  7. Acipenseridae (Family)
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  1. Genus Acipenser Linnaeus, 1758
  2. Genus Anchiacipenser Sato, Murray, Vernygora & Currie, 2018 †
  3. Genus Boreiosturion Murray, Nelson & Brinkman, 2023 †
  4. Genus Engdahlichthys Murray, Brinkman, DeMar & Wilson, 2020 †
  5. Genus Priscosturion Grande & Hilton, 2009 †
  6. Genus Propenser Applegate, 1970 †
  7. Genus Protoscaphirhynchus Wilimovsky, 1956 †
  8. Genus Psammorhynchus Grande & Hilton, 2006 †
  9. Genus Pseudoscaphirhynchus Nikolskii, 1900
  10. Genus Scaphirhynchus Heckel, 1836
  11. Genus Sterletus Rafinesque, 1820
  12. Genus Accipenser accepted as Acipenser Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling)
  13. Genus Acipenses Linck, 1790 accepted as Acipenser Linnaeus, 1758
  14. Genus Antacea Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1822 accepted as Acipenser Linnaeus, 1758
  15. Genus Antaceus Heckel in Fitzinger & Heckel, 1836 accepted as Sterletus Rafinesque, 1820 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  16. Genus Antaceus Bonaparte, 1846 accepted as Antaceus Heckel in Fitzinger & Heckel, 1836 accepted as Sterletus Rafinesque, 1820 (unaccepted > unavailable name, Later usage)
  17. Genus Arcipenser accepted as Acipenser Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling)
  18. Genus Dinectur Rafinesque, 1818 accepted as Acipenser Linnaeus, 1758
  19. Genus Dinectus Rafinesque, 1820 accepted as Acipenser Linnaeus, 1758
  20. Genus Dinoctus Rafinesque, 1818 accepted as Acipenser Linnaeus, 1758
  21. Genus Ellops Gistel, 1848 accepted as Acipenser Linnaeus, 1758
  22. Genus Euacipenser Murgoci, 1942 accepted as Acipenser Linnaeus, 1758
  23. Genus Gladostomus Holly, 1936 accepted as Sterletus Rafinesque, 1820 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  24. Genus Helops Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 accepted as Sterletus Rafinesque, 1820 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  25. Genus Hemiscaphirhynchus Berg, 1911 accepted as Pseudoscaphirhynchus Nikolskii, 1900
  26. Genus Huso Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 accepted as Sterletus Rafinesque, 1820 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  27. Genus Ichthyocolla Garsault, 1764 accepted as Acipenser Linnaeus, 1758
  28. Genus Ichthyocolla Geoffroy, 1767 accepted as Acipenser Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > unavailable name, published as synonym, not validated prior to 1961)
  29. Genus Kessleria Bogdanov, 1882 accepted as Pseudoscaphirhynchus Nikolskii, 1900
  30. Genus Lioniscus Bonaparte, 1846 accepted as Sterletus Rafinesque, 1820 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  31. Genus Lioniscus Heckel & Fitzinger, 1836 (unaccepted > unavailable name, not used in singular)
  32. Genus Parascaphirhynchus Forbes & Richardson, 1905 accepted as Scaphirhynchus Heckel, 1836
  33. Genus Parasinosturio Artyukin, 1995 accepted as Acipenser Linnaeus, 1758
  34. Genus Scaphirhincus accepted as Scaphirhynchus Heckel, 1836
  35. Genus Scaphirhynchops Gill in Hayden, 1863 accepted as Scaphirhynchus Heckel, 1836
  36. Genus Scaphorhynchus Agassiz, 1846 accepted as Scaphirhynchus Heckel, 1836
  37. Genus Scaphyrhinchus Zograf, 1896 accepted as Scaphirhynchus Heckel, 1836
  38. Genus Scaphyrhynchops Gill, 1863 accepted as Scaphirhynchus Heckel, 1836
  39. Genus Shipa Brandt, 1869 accepted as Sterletus Rafinesque, 1820 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  40. Genus Sinosturio Jaekel, 1929 accepted as Acipenser Linnaeus, 1758
  41. Genus Sterleta Güldenstädt, 1772 accepted as Acipenser Linnaeus, 1758
  42. Genus Sterletus Bonaparte, 1846 accepted as Sterletus Rafinesque, 1820 (unaccepted > junior homonym, also a junior synonym)
  43. Genus Sterletus Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 accepted as Sterletus Bonaparte, 1846 accepted as Sterletus Rafinesque, 1820 (unaccepted > unavailable name, Vernacular/plural name)
  44. Genus Sturio Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Acipenser Linnaeus, 1758
  45. Genus Sterledus (uncertain, unassessed)
  46. Genus Sturio Müller, 1836 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, fresh
recent + fossil
Not documented
IRMNG (2025). Acipenseridae Bonaparte, 1831. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=114136 on 2025-11-12
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2006-09-19 22:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
changed
Rees, Tony
2024-01-02 04:52:15Z
changed
Rees, Tony

basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details] 

current name source Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

extant flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details] 

habitat flag source Sato, H.; Murray, A. M.; Vernygora, O.; Currie, P. J. (2018). A rare, articulated sturgeon (Chondrostei: Acipenseriformes) from the Upper Cretaceous of Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada. <em>Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.</em> 38(4): 1-15., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2018.1488137
note: freshwater species [details] 

habitat flag source FishBase [details] 
Unreviewed
Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Eumetazoa (Subkingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Osteichthyes (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Acipenseriformes (Order) > Acipenseridae (Family) [details]

Descriptive info From FishBase: Freshwater + Brackish + Marine. FishBase flag: Mixed Marine + Freshwater. [details]

Habitat Marine and nonmarine [details]
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