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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
Sturgeons in English
Sturgeons in English
Størfamilien in Danish
esturgeons in French
esturiones in Spanish
sammet in Finnish
steuren in Dutch
sturgeons in English
störfiskar in Swedish
størfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
størfamilien in Nynorsk, Norwegian
Stör in German
Stör in German
esturgeon in French
esturgeon in French
steur in Dutch
steur in Dutch
sturgeons in English
sturgeons in English
störar in Swedish
störar in Swedish
störar in Swedish
størfamilien in Nynorsk, Norwegian
størfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
størfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
størfamilien in Nynorsk, Norwegian
チョウザメ科 in Japanese
チョウザメ科 in Japanese

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). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.
  6. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.
  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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