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Sturgeon Species (Family Acipenseridae)
Genus Acipenser (true sturgeons) Genus Huso (Beluga sturgeons)
1.Acipenser baerii – Siberian sturgeon 1.Huso huso – Beluga sturgeon
2.Acipenser gueldenstaedtii – Russian sturgeon 2.Huso dauricus – Kaluga sturgeon
3.Acipenser persicus – Persian sturgeon Genus Scaphirhynchus (American shovel-nosed
4.Acipenser stellatus – Stellate sturgeon (Sevruga) sturgeons)
5.Acipenser nudiventris – Ship sturgeon 1.Scaphirhynchus platorynchus – Shovelnose
6.Acipenser ruthenus – Sterlet sturgeon
7.Acipenser sturio – European sturgeon (Atlantic 2.Scaphirhynchus albus – Pallid sturgeon
sturgeon of Europe) 3.Scaphirhynchus suttkusi – Alabama sturgeon
8.Acipenser oxyrinchus – Atlantic sturgeon (North Genus Pseudoscaphirhynchus (Central Asian
America) sturgeons)
9.Acipenser transmontanus – White sturgeon 1.Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni – Amu Darya
10.Acipenser brevirostrum – Shortnose sturgeon sturgeon
11.Acipenser dabryanus – Yangtze sturgeon 2.Pseudoscaphirhynchus hermanni – Small Amu
12.Acipenser sinensis – Chinese sturgeon Darya sturgeon
13.Acipenser schrenckii – Amur sturgeon 3.Pseudoscaphirhynchus fedtschenkoi – Syr Darya
14.Acipenser fulvescens – Lake sturgeon sturgeon (possibly extinct)
15.Acipenser medirostris – Green sturgeon ✅ Total: 24 species.
16.Acipenser mikadoi – Sakhalin sturgeon ✅ All sturgeon species are listed under CITES
(Appendix I or II).
✅ Almost all are also listed as endangered or critically
endangered on the IUCN Red List.
