WoRMS taxon details
Acipenser transmontanus Richardson, 1836
238345 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:238345)
accepted
Species
Acipenser (Sinosturio) transmontanus Richardson, 1836 · alternative representation (only for the phylogeny hypothesis...)
only for the phylogeny hypothesis of 2025
Acipenser aleutensis Fitzinger, 1836 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sinosturio transmontanus (Richardson, 1836) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Richardson, J. (1836). The Fish. In: Fauna Boreali-Americana; or the zoology of the northern parts of British America: containing descriptions of the objects of natural history collected on the late northern land expeditions, under the command of Sir John Franklin, R.N. <em>J. Bentley, London.</em> Part 3: i-xv + 1-327, Pls. 74-97. [Reference was incorrectly given as 1837; correct date is 1836 (WNE June 12, 2015).]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Acipenser transmontanus Richardson, 1836. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=238345 on 2026-08-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Richardson, J. (1836). The Fish. In: Fauna Boreali-Americana; or the zoology of the northern parts of British America: containing descriptions of the objects of natural history collected on the late northern land expeditions, under the command of Sir John Franklin, R.N. <em>J. Bentley, London.</em> Part 3: i-xv + 1-327, Pls. 74-97. [Reference was incorrectly given as 1837; correct date is 1836 (WNE June 12, 2015).]. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | witte steurPacific steur | [details] |
| English | white sturgeon | [details] |
| French | esturgeon blanc | [details] |
| German | weißer StörSacramentostör | [details] |
| Italian | storione bianco | [details] |
| Lithuanian | baltasis eršketas | [details] |
| Slovenian | beli jeseter | [details] |
| Spanish | esturión blanco | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (16 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (108 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Acipenser aleutensis Fitzinger, 1836)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acipenser transmontanus)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Acipenser aleutensis Fitzinger, 1836)
To GenBank (2923 nucleotides; 174 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (108 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Acipenser aleutensis Fitzinger, 1836)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acipenser transmontanus)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Acipenser aleutensis Fitzinger, 1836)
To GenBank (2923 nucleotides; 174 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To ITIS
