Acipenseriformes
Atlantic sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Acipenseriformes
Families
Acipenseridae—sturgeons Polyodontidae—paddlefishes Chondrosteidae—extinct Errolichthyidae—extinct

Acipenseriformes are an order of primitive ray-finned fishes that includes the sturgeons and paddlefishes, as well as some extinct families.^[1]

Acipenseriform skeletons are largely cartilage.

Systematics

Acipenseriformes

• Family Acipenseridae
  • Subfamily Acipenserinae
    • Genus Acipenser
      • Acipenser baerii
        • Siberian sturgeon, Acipenser baerii baerii
          Baikal sturgeon, Acipenser baerii baicalensis
      • Shortnose sturgeon, Acipenser brevirostrum (USA)
        Yangtze sturgeon, Acipenser dabryanus
        Lake sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens (USA)
        Russian sturgeon, Acipenser gueldenstaedtii
        Green sturgeon, Acipenser medirostris
        Sakhalin sturgeon, Acipenser mikadoi
        Japanese sturgeon, Acipenser multiscutatus
        Adriatic sturgeon, Acipenser naccarii
        Fringebarbel sturgeon, Acipenser nudiventris
      • Acipenser oxyrinchus (USA)
        • Gulf sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi
          Atlantic sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus
      • Persian sturgeon, Acipenser persicus
        Sterlet, Acipenser ruthenus
        Amur sturgeon, Acipenser schrenckii
        Chinese sturgeon, Acipenser sinensis
        Starry sturgeon, Acipenser stellatus
        European sturgeon, Acipenser sturio (also [wrongly] "Baltic sturgeon")
        White sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus
    • Genus Huso
      • Beluga sturgeon, Huso huso
        Kaluga sturgeon, Huso dauricus
  • Subfamily Scaphirhynchinae
    • Genus Scaphirhynchus
      • Pallid sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus albus
        Shovelnose sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus platorynchus
        Alabama sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus suttkusi
    • Genus Pseudosaphirhynchus
      • Dwarf sturgeon, Pseudoscaphirhynchus hermanni
        Syr Darya sturgeon, Pseudoscaphirhynchus fedtschenkoi
        Amu Darya sturgeon, Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni

• Family Polyodontidae (Paddlefish)
  • Genus Polyodon
    • American paddlefish, Polyodon spathula (USA)
  • Genus Psephurus
    • Chinese paddlefish, Psephurus gladius

External links

• Photos and illustrations of Acipenseriformes
• CITES finalizes 2006 caviar export quotas

References

1. ^ "Acipenseriformes". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. 05 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.

• Martin Hochleithner and Joern Gessner, The Sturgeons and Paddlefishes of the World: Biology and Aquaculture
• Martin Hochleithner, Joern Gessner, and Sergej Podushka, The Bibliography of Acipenseriformes