Acipenseridae

Acipenser oxyrinchus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acipenseriformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Chondrostei Ordo: Acipenseriformes

Familia: Acipenseridae
Subfamiliae: Acipenserinae – Scaphirhynchinae – †Priscosturioninae

[list of subfamiliae after Grande & Hiltonn (2009: 318)]

Overview of genera

Acipenser – Huso – Pseudoscaphirhynchus – Scaphirhynchus – †Priscosturion – †Protoscaphirhynchus

[list of genera after Grande & Hilton (2009: 318)]

References

• Grande, L. & Hilton, E.J. 2006. An exquisitely preserved skeleton representing a primitive sturgeon from the Upper Cretaceous Judith River Formation of Montana (Acipenseriformes: Acipenseridae: n. gen. and sp.) Memoir of the journal of paleontology 65: 1–39.
• Grande, L. & Hilton, E.J. 2009. A replacement name for †Psammorhynchus Grande & Hilton, 2006 (Actinopterygii, Acipenseriformes, Acipenseridae). Journal of paleontology 83: 317–318. DOI: 10.1666/08-137.1

Vernacular names

беларуская: Асятровыя
čeština: Jeseterovití
Deutsch: Echte Störe
English: Sturgeon
español: Esturiones
eesti: Tuurlased
italiano: Storioni
日本語: チョウザメ科
Nederlands: Steuren
srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Jesetra / Јесетра
ไทย: ปลาสเตอร์เจียน
Türkçe: Mersin balığıgiller

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