Acipenser
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Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus
See also: acipenser
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin acipēnser (“sturgeon”).
Proper noun
Acipenser m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Acipenseridae – ganoid fishes, including the sturgeons, having the body armed with bony scales, and the mouth on the under side of the head.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Actinopterygii - superclass; Chondrostei - subclass; Acipenseriformes - order; Acipenseridae - family; Acipenserinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Acipenser baerii (Siberian sturgeon), Acipenser brevirostrum (shortnose sturgeon), Acipenser dabryanus (Yangtze sturgeon), Acipenser fulvescens (lake sturgeon), Acipenser gueldenstaedtii (Russian sturgeon), Acipenser medirostris (green sturgeon), Acipenser mikadoi (Sakhalin sturgeon), Acipenser naccarii (Adriatic sturgeon), Acipenser nudiventris (fringebarbel sturgeon), Acipenser oxyrinchus (Atlantic sturgeon), Acipenser persicus (Persian sturgeon), Acipenser ruthenus (sterlet), Acipenser schrenckii (Amur sturgeon), Acipenser sinensis (Chinese sturgeon), Acipenser stellatus (stellate sturgeon), Acipenser sturio (European sea sturgeon, Baltic sturgeon), Acipenser transmontanus (white sturgeon) - species
References
Acipenser on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Acipenser on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Acipenser on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Acipenser at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Acipenser at World Register of Marine Species
- Acipenser at AnimalBase
- Acipenser at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
