WoRMS taxon details
Acipenser stellatus Pallas, 1771
126278 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126278)
accepted
Species
- Subspecies Acipenser stellatus danubialis Brusina, 1902 accepted as Acipenser stellatus Pallas, 1771
- Subspecies Acipenser stellatus donensis Lovetsky, 1834 accepted as Acipenser stellatus Pallas, 1771
- Subspecies Acipenser stellatus illyricus Brusina, 1902 accepted as Acipenser stellatus Pallas, 1771
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Pallas, P.S. (1771). Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reichs. Theil 1. Physicalische Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reichs im 1768- und 1769 sten Jahren. <em>St. Petersburg: Kayserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften.</em> 12+504+6 pp., 26 figs, maps., available online at http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?PPN329913735 [details] 
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Acipenser stellatus Pallas, 1771. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126278 on 2025-12-19
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Nomenclature
original description
Pallas, P.S. (1771). Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reichs. Theil 1. Physicalische Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reichs im 1768- und 1769 sten Jahren. <em>St. Petersburg: Kayserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften.</em> 12+504+6 pp., 26 figs, maps., available online at http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?PPN329913735 [details]
basis of record 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 (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record 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 (look up in IMIS) [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
Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. <em>Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 43: 419-453. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
[request]additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species impact Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Genetic impacts: hybridisation and introgression [details]Introduced species vector dispersal Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Aquaculture [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | blini turigjatëblini me yje | [details] |
| Bulgarian | Пъстругаpastrugаpastruga | [details] |
| Dutch | stersteurspitssnuitsteur | [details] |
| English | stellate sturgeonstarry sturgeonstar sturgeonsevruga | [details] |
| French | sevrugaesturgeon étoilé | [details] |
| German | SternhausenScherg | [details] |
| Italian | storione stellato | [details] |
| Lithuanian | žvaigždėtasis eršketas | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | ΑστροξυρύχιΑστροξυρίχι | [details] |
| Polish | siewruga | [details] |
| Romanian | pastruga | [details] |
| Russian | севрюгаОсетр севрюга | [details] |
| Slovenian | sevruga | [details] |
| Spanish | esturión estrellado | [details] |
| Turkish | mersin balığımersin baligi | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Севрюга звичайнаСеврюгаОсетер севрюга | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (82 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (164 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acipenser stellatus)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishSounds
To GenBank (520 nucleotides; 316 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS)
To IUCN Red List (Critically Endangered)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (164 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acipenser stellatus)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishSounds
To GenBank (520 nucleotides; 316 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS)
To IUCN Red List (Critically Endangered)
To PESI
To ITIS
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