Sturgeon Species By Terry White

Sturgeon Species

by Terry White

Latin Name

Common Name

Alternate Common Names

Acipenser baerii

Siberian Sturgeon

Lena River sturgeon, Long-nosed Siberian Sturgeon

Acipenser brevirostrum

Shortnose Sturgeon

Short-nosed Little Sturgeon

Acipenser dabryanus

Yangtze Sturgeon

Dabry's Sturgeon, Jangtze Sturgeon, River sturgeon

Acipenser fulvenscens

Lake Sturgeon

Rock Sturgeon

Acipenser gueldenstaedtii

Diamond Sturgeon

Azov-Black Sea sturgeon, Danube Sturgeon, Diamond Back Sturgeon, Russian Sturgeon

Acipenser medirostris

Green Sturgeon

Barbel Sturgeon

Acipenser mikadoi

Sakhalin Sturgeon

Acipenser naccarii

Adriatic Sturgeon

Acipenser nudiventris

Ship Sturgeon

Bastard Sturgeon, Fringebarbel Sturgeon, Spiny Sturgeon, Thorn Sturgeon

Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi

Gulf Sturgeon

Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus

Atlantic Sturgeon

American Atlantic Sturgeon, Black Sturgon, Common sturgeon, Common sea sturgeon

Acipenser persicus

Persian Sturgeon

Acipenser ruthenus

Sterlet

Albino Sterlet, Sterlet Sturgeon

Acipenser schrenckii
Acipenser multiscutatus †

Amur Sturgeon
Japanese Sturgeon

Acipenser sinensis

Chinese Sturgeon

Acipenser stellatus

Starry Sturgeon

Sevruga, Star Sturgeon, Stellate Sturgeon, Stellatus

Acipenser sturio

Common Sturgeon

Atlantic sturgeon, Baltic sturgeon, European sturgeon, Sea sturgeon

Acipenser transmontanus

White Sturgeon

Columbia Sturgeon, Oregon Sturgeon, Pacific Sturgeon, Sacramento Sturgeon

Huso dauricus

Kaluga

Great Siberian Sturgeon, Huso Sturgeon, Kaluga, Manchurian Sturgeon, Siberian Great Sturgeon, Siberian Huso Sturgeon

Huso huso

Beluga

European Sturgeon, Giant Sturgeon, Great Sturgeon, Russian Sturgeon

Polyodon spathula

Paddlefish

Mississippi Paddlefish, Spoonbill Catfish

Psephurus gladius

Chinese Paddlefish

Chinese Swordfish, Sword Sturgeon

Pseudoscaphirhynchus fedtschenkoi

Syr Darya sturgeon

Syr-Dar Shovelnose Sturgeon, Syr-Darya Shovelnose

Pseudoscaphirhynchus hermanni

Dwarf sturgeon

Little Amu-Darya Dhovelnose, Little Shovelnose Sturgeon, Small Amu-Dar Shovelnose Sturgeon, Small Shovelnose Sturgeon

Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni

Amu Darya sturgeon

Great Shovelnose Sturgeon

Scaphirhynchus albus

Pallid Shovelnose Sturgeon

Scaphirhynchus platorynchus

Shovelnose Sturgeon

Sand Sturgeon

Scaphirhynchus suttkusi

Alabama Sturgeon

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