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Acipenseridae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Acipenseriformes
family
Acipenseridae

Name

Homonyms
Acipenseridae
Common names
American Sturgeons in English
Blini in Albanian
Bradán fearna in Irish
Echte Störe in German
Esturjono in Ido
Esturjões in Portuguese
Holarctic Sturgeons in English
Jeseterovití in Czech
Jesetra / Јесетра in language.
Jesiotrowate in Polish
Mersin balığıgiller in Turkish
Steuren in Dutch
Storioni in Italian
Sturgeon in English
Sturgeons in English
Sturgeons in English
Sturioni in Romanian
Stör in German
Störe in German
Størfamilien in Danish
Tuurlased in Estonian
Valódi tokfélék in Hungarian
esturgeon in French
esturgeons in French
esturgeons in French
esturiones in Spanish
esturiones in Spanish
jesetri in Slovenian
sammet in Finnish
sammet in Finnish
steur in Dutch
steuren in Dutch
storu in Latvian
sturgeons in English
sturgeons in English
störar in Swedish
störfiskar in Swedish
størfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
Οξυρρυγχίδες in Greek, Modern (1453-)
Асятровыя in Belarusian
Есетрови in Bulgarian
Осетр балыктары in Kyrgyz
Осетровые in Russian
Осетрові in Ukrainian
حفشية in Arabic
ปลาสเตอร์เจียน in Thai
オタロㇷ゚ in language.
チョウザメ科 in Japanese
鱘科 in Chinese
철갑상어과 in Korean

Bibliographic References

  1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
  2. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  3. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  4. FishBase
  5. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
  6. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
  7. Kommittén för svenska djurnamn (2010) Svenska strålfeniga fiskar - Actinopterygii. De svenska namnen fastställda av Kommittén för svenska djurnamn 100319 (korr. 101108 + 101112). excelfil
  8. Musick, John A. / Collette, Bruce B., and Grace Klein-MacPhee, eds., 2002: Sturgeons: Order Acipenseriformes. Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine, Third Edition. 83-88.
  9. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
  10. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  11. Sato, H.; Murray, A. M.; Vernygora, O.; Currie, P. J. (2018). A rare, articulated sturgeon (Chondrostei: Acipenseriformes) from the Upper Cretaceous of Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada. <em>Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.</em> 38(4): 1-15.
  12. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  13. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  14. WoRMS Editorial Board (2017) WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species
  15. van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374
  16. van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374
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