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Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815 
AphiaID: 151802

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Acipenseriformes (Order) > Acipenseridae (Family) > Acipenserinae (Subfamily) > Acipenser (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Acipenser Linnaeus, 1758
Synonymised
taxa
  Acipenser bairdii Duméril, 1870
Acipenser girardi Duméril, 1870
Acipenser hallowellii Duméril, 1870
Acipenser holbrookii Duméril, 1870
Acipenser kennicottii Duméril, 1870
Acipenser lecontei Duméril, 1867
Acipenser lichtensteinii Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Acipenser macrorhinus Duméril, 1870
Acipenser oxyrhynchus Mitchill, 1814 (misspelling)
Acipenser oxyrhynchus desotoi Vladykov, 1955 (misspelling)
Acipenser oxyrhynchus oxyrhynchus Mitchill, 1815 (misspelling)
Acipenser oxyrinchus de sotoi Vladykov, 1955 (misspelling)
Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi Vladykov, 1955
Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815
Sturio accipenser Strøm, 1784
Sources  basis of record: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]

from synonym: Collette, B.B., and G. Klein-MacPhee (eds.). 2002. Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine, 3rd edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington and London. 748 p. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Scott, W.B., and S.N. Messieh. 1976. Common Canadian Atlantic fishes. Huntsman Marine Laboratory. St. Andrews, N.B. 106 p. [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Danish Vestatlantisk stør  [details]
English Atlantic sturgeon  [details]
English paddlefishes  [details]
German Atlantischer Stör  [details]
Italian storione Atlantico  [details]
Lithuanian aštriašnypis eršketas  [details]
Polish jesiotr atlantycki  [details]
Polish jesiotr ostronosy  [details]
Russian остроносый осётр  [details]
Spanish esturión del Atlántico  [details]
Swedish Atlantisk stör  [details]
Turkish Atlantik mersin balığı  [details]
Ukrainian Атлантичний осетер  [details]
Ukrainian Осетер атлантичний  [details]
Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 
Subspecies Acipenser oxyrinchus de sotoi Vladykov, 1955 accepted as Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815
Subspecies Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi Vladykov, 1955 accepted as Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815
Subspecies Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815 accepted as Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Gulf of Maine (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
Gulf of St. Lawrence [details]
North West Atlantic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To GenBank (33 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To ITIS
Note  SpellingA. oxyrhinchus [details]
Images 
Acipenser oxyrinchus
Acipenser oxyrinchus
added on 2008-08-13 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked

Acipenser oxyrynchus
Acipenser oxyrynchus
added on 2010-02-10 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada
qualitystatus: not checked

Atlantic sturgeon in aquarium
Atlantic sturgeon in aquarium
added on 2011-01-03 - author: Nozères, Claude
qualitystatus: not checked

Atlantic sturgeon carcass
Atlantic sturgeon carcass
added on 2011-01-03 - author: Nozères, Claude
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151802
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-04-07 10:08:04Z  created  Claus, Simon
2005-12-29 12:06:28Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151802 on 2013-05-26
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