WoRMS name details
Acipenser medirostris Ayres, 1854
271695 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271695)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Acipenser acutirostris Ayres, 1854 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Ayres, W. O. (1854). [Description of new fishes from California.]. (Minutes of Academy meetings were printed in "The Pacific" (a newspaper) shortly after each meeting. New species date to publication in The Pacific. Dates of publication are given in each species account). The Pacific [newspaper] v. 3 and 4 (thru no. 6). [Also as Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. Sci. v. 1: nos. 3-22. Reprinted in 2nd ed. of Academy's Proceedings, 1873.]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Acipenser medirostris Ayres, 1854. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271695 on 2025-10-27
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Nomenclature
original description
Ayres, W. O. (1854). [Description of new fishes from California.]. (Minutes of Academy meetings were printed in "The Pacific" (a newspaper) shortly after each meeting. New species date to publication in The Pacific. Dates of publication are given in each species account). The Pacific [newspaper] v. 3 and 4 (thru no. 6). [Also as Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. Sci. v. 1: nos. 3-22. Reprinted in 2nd ed. of Academy's Proceedings, 1873.]. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | groene steur | [details] |
| English | green sturgeon | [details] |
| French | esturgeon vert | [details] |
| German | grüner Stör | [details] |
| Japanese | チョウザメ | [details] |
| Russian | Тихоокеанский (сахалинский, зеленый) осетр | [details] |
| Spanish | esturión verde | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (21 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Acipenser acutirostris Ayres, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (73 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acipenser medirostris)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Acipenser acutirostris Ayres, 1854)
To GenBank (62 nucleotides; 73 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Acipenser acutirostris Ayres, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (73 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acipenser medirostris)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Acipenser acutirostris Ayres, 1854)
To GenBank (62 nucleotides; 73 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To ITIS
