What is Acipenser?
[[File:Sturgeon2.jpg|thumb|295x295px|[[Atlantic sturgeon]]]] '''''Acipenser''''' is a genus of [[Sturgeon|sturgeons]]. == Species == === Living species === There are 17 living species: * ''Acipenser baerii'' <small>J. F. Brandt, 1869</small> ** ''Acipenser baerii baerii'' <small>J. F. Brandt, 1869</small> (Siberian sturgeon) ** ''Acipenser baerii baicalensis'' <small>A. M. Nikolskii, 1896</small> (Baikal sturgeon) ** ''Acipenser baerii stenorrhynchus'' <small>A. M. Nikolskii, 1896</small> * ''Acipenser brevirostrum'' <small>Lesueur, 1818</small> (Shortnose sturgeon) * ''Acipenser dabryanus'' <small>A. H. A. Duméril, 1869</small> (Yangtze sturgeon) * ''Acipenser fulvescens'' <small>Rafinesque, 1817</small> (Lake sturgeon) * ''Acipenser gueldenstaedtii'' <small>J. F. Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833</small> (Russian sturgeon) * ''Acipenser medirostris'' <small>Ayres, 1854</small> (Green sturgeon) * ''Acipenser mikadoi'' <small>Hilgendorf, 1892</small> (Sakhalin sturgeon) * ''Acipenser naccarii'' <small>Bonaparte, 1836</small> (Adriatic sturgeon) * ''Acipenser nudiventris'' <small>Lovetsky, 1828</small> (Fringebarbel sturgeon) * ''[[Acipenser oxyrinchus]]'' <small>Mitchill, 1815</small> ** ''Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi'' <small>Vladykov, 1955</small> (Gulf sturgeon) ** ''[[Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus]]'' <small>Mitchill, 1815</small> (Atlantic sturgeon) * ''Acipenser persicus'' <small>Borodin, 1897</small> (Persian sturgeon) * ''[[Sterlet|Acipenser ruthenus]]'' <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> (Sterlet, Sterlet sturgeon) * ''Acipenser schrenckii'' <small>J. F. Brandt, 1869</small> (Japanese sturgeon) * ''Acipenser sinensis'' <small>J. E. Gray, 1835</small> (Chinese sturgeon) * ''Acipenser stellatus'' <small>Pallas, 1771</small> (Starry sturgeon) * ''[[European sea sturgeon|Acipenser sturio]]'' <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> (European sea sturgeon) * ''Acipenser transmontanus'' <small>J. Richardson, 1836</small> (White sturgeon) [[File:Acipenser fulvescens.jpg|thumb|[[Lake sturgeon]]]] === Extinct species === * †''Ac