Acipenseridae

Sturgeons

27 species

1. 1Acipenser baerii Brandt, 1869 · Siberian sturgeonfresh · brackish · temperate
2. 2Acipenser brevirostrum Lesueur, 1818 · Shortnose sturgeonfresh · brackish · ocean · subtropical
3. 3Acipenser colchicus Marty, 1940fresh · brackish · ocean · temperate
4. 4Acipenser dabryanus Duméril, 1869 · Yangtze sturgeonfresh · temperate
5. 5Acipenser desotoi Vladykov, 1955 · Gulf sturgeonfresh · brackish · ocean · subtropical · newer than the 2023 backbone
6. 6Acipenser fulvescens Rafinesque, 1817 · Lake sturgeonfresh · brackish · temperate
7. 7Acipenser gueldenstaedtii Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 · Danube sturgeonfresh · brackish · ocean · temperate
8. 8Acipenser medirostris Ayres, 1854 · Green sturgeonfresh · brackish · ocean · temperate
9. 9Acipenser mikadoi Hilgendorf, 1892 · Sakhalin sturgeonfresh · brackish · ocean · temperate
10. 10Acipenser naccarii Bonaparte, 1836 · Adriatic sturgeonfresh · brackish · ocean · temperate
11. 11Acipenser nudiventris Lovetsky, 1828 · Fringebarbel sturgeonfresh · brackish · ocean · temperate
12. 12Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815 · Atlantic sturgeonfresh · brackish · ocean · subtropical
13. 13Acipenser persicus Borodin, 1897 · Persian sturgeonfresh · brackish · ocean · temperate
14. 14Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758 · Sterlet sturgeonfresh · brackish · temperate
15. 15Acipenser schrenckii Brandt, 1869 · Amur sturgeonfresh · brackish · ocean · temperate
16. 16Acipenser sinensis Gray, 1835 · Chinese sturgeonfresh · brackish · ocean · temperate
17. 17Acipenser stellatus Pallas, 1771 · Starry sturgeonfresh · brackish · ocean · temperate
18. 18Acipenser sturio Linnaeus, 1758 · Sturgeonfresh · brackish · ocean · temperate
19. 19Acipenser transmontanus Richardson, 1836 · White sturgeonfresh · brackish · ocean · temperate
20. 20Huso dauricus (Georgi, 1775) · Kalugafresh · brackish · ocean · temperate
21. 21Huso huso (Linnaeus, 1758) · Belugafresh · brackish · ocean · temperate · full sheet
22. 22Pseudoscaphirhynchus fedtschenkoi (Kessler, 1872) · Syr Darya sturgeonfresh · brackish · temperate
23. 23Pseudoscaphirhynchus hermanni (Kessler, 1877) · Dwarf sturgeonfresh · brackish · temperate
24. 24Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni (Kessler, 1877) · Amu Darya sturgeonfresh · brackish · temperate
25. 25Scaphirhynchus albus (Forbes & Richardson, 1905) · Pallid sturgeonfresh · subtropical
26. 26Scaphirhynchus platorynchus (Rafinesque, 1820) · Shovelnose sturgeonfresh · temperate
27. 27Scaphirhynchus suttkusi Williams & Clemmer, 1991 · Alabama sturgeonfresh · brackish · subtropical

Source: FishBase v25.04 (fishbase.org), via cboettig/fishbase, fetched 2026-10-18.