Dictionary - Definition of Acipenser

Definition: Acipenser


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. Type genus of the Acipenseridae: sturgeons.[Wordnet] 2. A genus of ganoid fishes, including the sturgeons, having the body armed with bony scales, and the mouth on the under side of the head.[Websters].
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"Acipenser" is a common misspelling or typo for: accipenser.

Date "Acipenser" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Etymology:Acipenser \Ac`i*pen"ser\, noun. [Latin expression, the name of fish.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: Acipenser

Domain	Definition
Noah Webster	[Adjective] In ichthyology, a genus of fishes, of the order of chondropterygii, having an obtuse head; the mouth under the head, retractile and without teeth. To this genus belong the sturgeon, sterlet, huso, &c. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
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Expressions	Definition
Acipenser huso	Valuable source of caviar and isinglass; found in Black and Caspian seas. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Acipenser sturio	And other well-known species are the sterlet and the huso. The sturgeons are included in the order Chondrostei. Their body is partially covered by five rows of large, carinated, bony plates, of which one row runs along the back. The tail is heterocercal. The toothless and protrusile mouth is beneath the head, and has four barbels in front. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary.
Acipenser transmontanus	Food and game fish of marine and fresh waters of northwestern coast of North America. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Genus Acipenser	Type genus of the Acipenseridae: sturgeons. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
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Acipenser
Fossil range: Campanian to Present^[1]

Atlantic sturgeon
(Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus)

Scientific classification

Species

18, see text

Acipenser is genus of sturgeons. With about 18 species, many of which are threatened, it is the largest genus in the order Acipenseriformes.

Acipenser baerii
- Siberian sturgeon, Acipenser baerii baerii
- Baikal sturgeon, Acipenser baerii baicalensis
Shortnose sturgeon, Acipenser brevirostrum
Yangtze sturgeon, Acipenser dabryanus
Lake sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens
Russian sturgeon, Acipenser gueldenstaedtii
Green sturgeon, Acipenser medirostris
Sakhalin sturgeon, Acipenser mikadoi
Japanese sturgeon, Acipenser multiscutatus
Adriatic sturgeon, Acipenser naccarii
Fringebarbel sturgeon, Acipenser nudiventris
Acipenser oxyrinchus
- Atlantic sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus
- Gulf sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi
Persian sturgeon, Acipenser persicus
Sterlet, Acipenser ruthenus
Amur sturgeon, Acipenser schrenckii
Chinese sturgeon, Acipenser sinensis
Starry sturgeon, Acipenser stellatus
European sturgeon, Acipenser sturio (also [wrongly] "Baltic sturgeon")
White sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus

Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560. Retrieved on 12/31/07.

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