WoRMS taxon details
Acipenser fulvescens Rafinesque, 1817
271694 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271694)
accepted
Species
Accipenser fulvescens Rafinesque, 1817 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (of the genus noun)
Acipenser (Huso) fulvescens Rafinesque, 1817 · alternative representation (only for the phylogeny hypothesis...)
only for the phylogeny hypothesis of 2025
Acipenser (Sterletus) fulvescens Rafinesque, 1817 · alternative representation (only for the phylogeny hypothesis...)
only for the phylogeny hypothesis of 2025
Acipenser rubicundus Lesueur, 1818 · unaccepted
Huso fulvescens (Rafinesque, 1817) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Rafinesque, C. S. (1817). Additions to the observations on the sturgeons of North America. <em>American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review.</em> v. 1: 288. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Acipenser fulvescens Rafinesque, 1817. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271694 on 2026-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Rafinesque, C. S. (1817). Additions to the observations on the sturgeons of North America. <em>American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review.</em> v. 1: 288. [details]
original description (of Accipenser fulvescens Rafinesque, 1817) Rafinesque, C. S. (1817). Additions to the observations on the sturgeons of North America. <em>American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review.</em> v. 1: 288.
page(s): 288 [details]
original description (of Acipenser rubicundus Lesueur, 1818) Lesueur, C. A. (1818). Description of several species of chondropterygious fishes of North America, with their varieties. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (New Series).</em> 1 (33): 383-394, Pl. 12. [details]
original description (of Accipenser fulvescens Rafinesque, 1817) Rafinesque, C. S. (1817). Additions to the observations on the sturgeons of North America. <em>American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review.</em> v. 1: 288.
page(s): 288 [details]
original description (of Acipenser rubicundus Lesueur, 1818) Lesueur, C. A. (1818). Description of several species of chondropterygious fishes of North America, with their varieties. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (New Series).</em> 1 (33): 383-394, Pl. 12. [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). (2026). 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
To Barcode of Life (33 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (79 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acipenser fulvescens)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To Fishbase (from synonym Accipenser fulvescens Rafinesque, 1817)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (590 nucleotides; 150 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (79 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acipenser fulvescens)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To Fishbase (from synonym Accipenser fulvescens Rafinesque, 1817)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (590 nucleotides; 150 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
