Taxonomy Profile: Acipenser (Linnaeus 1758)

Acipenser: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
sturgeons []
greater sturgeons []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Acipenser: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Actinopterygii
ray-finned fishes |
spiny rayed fishes |
poisson épineux |
poissons à nageoires rayonnées |
Class : Chondrostei
paddlefishes |
sturgeons |
Order : Acipenseriformes
sturgeons |
spoonfishes |
paddlefishes |
Suborder : Acipenseroidei
Family : Acipenseridae
sturgeons |
esturgeons |
esturiones |
Subfamily : Acipenserinae
Genus : Acipenser
sturgeons |
greater sturgeons |
Acipenser Direct Children(s):
Acipenser baerii
(Brandt 1869)
Acipenser medirostris
(Ayres 1854)
Acipenser transmontanus
(Richardson 1836)
Acipenser brevirostrum
(Lesueur 1818)
Acipenser fulvescens
(Rafinesque 1817)
Acipenser sturio
(Linnaeus 1758)
Acipenser gueldenstaedtii
(Brandt and Ratzeburg 1833)
Acipenser naccarii
(Bonaparte 1836)
Acipenser nudiventris
(Lovetsky 1828)
Acipenser stellatus
(Pallas 1771)
Acipenser ruthenus
(Linnaeus 1758)
Acipenser albertensis
(Lambe 1902)
Acipenser dabryanus
(Duméril 1869)
Acipenser ornatus
(Leidy 1873)
Acipenser persicus
(Borodin 1897)
Acipenser schrenckii
(Brandt 1869)
Acipenser sinensis
(Gray 1835)
Acipenser toliapicus
(Agassiz 1844)
Acipenser oxyrinchus
(Mitchill 1815)
Acipenser kikuchii
(Jordan and Snyder 1901)
Acipenser: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Wayne C. Starnes
Notes:
Research Curator of Fishes, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Research Laboratory, 4301 Reedy Creek Rd., Raleigh, NC, 27607, USA
Reference for:
Acipenser
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Acipenser
Source:
Catalog of Fishes, 08-Jan-2004
Acquired:
2004-01-08
Notes:
http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/
Reference for:
Acipenser
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Eschmeyer, William N., ed.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1998-01-01 / 1998-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Catalog of Fishes
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3
Page(s):
2905
Publisher:
California Academy of Sciences
Publication Place:
San Francisco, California, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-940228-47-5/
Notes:
http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622932
Reference for:
Acipenser
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Nelson, Joseph S.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1994-01-01 / 1994-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Fishes of the World, Third Edition
Page(s):
xvii + 600
Publisher:
John Wiley and Sons
Publication Place:
New York, New York, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-471-54713-1/
Notes:
Reference for:
Acipenser
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2003-12-31 / 2003-12-31
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
Page(s):
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998
Reference for:
Acipenser
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Bemis, William E., Eric K. Findeis, and Lance Grande
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1997-03-01 / 1997-03-01
Article/Chapter Title:
An overview of Acipensiformes
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Environmental Biology of Fishes, vol. 48
Page(s):
25-71
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0378-1909
Notes:
Reference for:
Acipenser
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Jordan, David Starr, Barton Warren Evermann, and Howard Walton Clark
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1930-01-01 / 1930-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Checklist of the fishes and fishlike vertebrates of North America north of the northern boundary of Venezuela and Colombia
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries for the fiscal year 1928
Page(s):
670
Publisher:
United States Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service
Publication Place:
Washington, D.C., USA
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Reprinted 1955
Reference for:
Acipenser
Acipenser: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Acipenser: Comments