WoRMS name details
Sturio Rafinesque, 1810
297875 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:297875)
unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Genus
- Species Sturio accipenser Strøm, 1784 accepted as Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815 (unaccepted > nomen oblitum)
- Species Sturio schrenckii (Brandt, 1869) accepted as Acipenser schrenckii Brandt, 1869 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Sturio vulgaris Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Acipenser sturio Linnaeus, 1758 (unneeded replacement name)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. <em>Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy.</em> Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105 [106 blank]). Pls. 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47825964 [details] 
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Sturio Rafinesque, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=297875 on 2026-01-25
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Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. <em>Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy.</em> Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105 [106 blank]). Pls. 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47825964 [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]
