Adriatic sturgeon

Adriatic sturgeon
Adriatic sturgeon with sea lampreys in the Aquarium Finisterrae, Spain
CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acipenseriformes
Family: Acipenseridae
Genus: Huso
Species:
H. naccarii
Binomial name
Huso naccarii
(Bonaparte 1836)
Synonyms
  • Accipenser lutescens (sic) Rafinesque 1820
  • Acipenser heckelii Brandt & Ratzeburg 1833
  • Acipenser heckelii Fitzinger 1836
  • Acipenser platycephalus Heckel 1836
  • Acipenser nasus Heckel 1847
  • Acipenser ladanus Nardo 1847
  • Acipenser ladanus Ninni 1872
  • Acipenser nardoi Heckel 1851
  • Acipenser sturionellus Nardo 1860
  • Acipenser sturionaster Brusina 1902

The Adriatic sturgeon (Huso naccarii) is a species of fish in the family Acipenseridae. It is native to the Adriatic Sea and large rivers which flow in it of Albania, Greece, Italy, Montenegro, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia.

Prior to 2025, it was placed in the genus Acipenser, but this placement was found to be paraphyletic, and it is more accurately placed in the genus Huso.

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