Acipenser
| Acipenser Temporal range: | |
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| Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acipenseriformes |
| Family: | Acipenseridae |
| Genus: | Acipenser Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Type species | |
| Acipenser sturio Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Acipenser is a genus of sturgeons, containing three species native to freshwater and estuarine systems of eastern North America and Europe. It is the type genus of the family Acipenseridae and the order Acipenseriformes.