Sea Sturgeons
Acipenser
Acipenser is a genus of sturgeons, containing three species native to freshwater and estuarine systems of eastern North America and Europe. It is the type genus of the family Acipenseridae and the order Acipenseriformes.
22 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 21 known species
Lake Sturgeon
speciesAcipenser fulvescens
White Sturgeon
speciesAcipenser transmontanus
Atlantic Sturgeon
speciesAcipenser oxyrinchus
Sterlet
speciesAcipenser ruthenus
Green Sturgeon
speciesAcipenser medirostris
Siberian Sturgeon
speciesAcipenser baerii
Danube sturgeon
speciesAcipenser gueldenstaedtii
Shortnose Sturgeon
speciesAcipenser brevirostrum
Beluga
speciesAcipenser huso
Gulf Sturgeon
speciesAcipenser desotoi
European Sea Sturgeon
speciesAcipenser sturio
Adriatic Sturgeon
speciesAcipenser naccarii
Chinese Sturgeon
speciesAcipenser sinensis
Starry Sturgeon
speciesAcipenser stellatus
Kaluga
speciesAcipenser dauricus
Amur Sturgeon
speciesAcipenser schrenckii
Fringebarbel Sturgeon
speciesAcipenser nudiventris
Sakhalin Sturgeon
speciesAcipenser mikadoi
Persian sturgeon
speciesAcipenser persicus
Caucasian sturgeon
speciesAcipenser colchicus
Guba Sturgeon
hybridAcipenser baerii × gueldenstaedtii
Yangtze Sturgeon
speciesAcipenser dabryanus
Where it lives
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 49826.