Familie Acipenseridae

 

English Name

 

Distribution

 

Acipenser baerii

Siberian Sturgeon

Main Rivers Siberia

Acipenser baerii barerii

Siberian Sturgeon

Ob River basin

Acipenser baerii stenorhynchus

Lena River Sturgeon

Basins of East Siberian  River, Lena,

 Yenisey, Indigirka, Anadyr

Acipenser baerii baicalensis

Baikal Sturgeon

Lake Baikal

Acipenser brevirotstom

Shortnose Sturgeon

Rivers and Ocean along  East coast of North America, from Indian River to St.  John River

Acipenser dabryanus

Yangtze or Dabry's Sturgeon

Yangtze River System

Acipenser fulvescens

Lake Sturgeon

Great Lakes of Southern  Cananda

Acipenser Gueldenstaedti

Russian Sturgeon /

 Ossetra

Black Sea , Azov, Caspian and Rivers entering  into them

 as Danube, Dnepr, Volga, Ural e.g

Acipenser medriostris

Green Sturgeon

Pacific Coast of North  America from Aleutian Islands and Golf of Alaska to  Ensenada , Mexico

Acipenser mikaido

Sakhalin Sturgeon

Pacific Ocean from Amur River to Northern  Japan, Korea and Bering Sea, Tumin River

Acipenser naccari

Adriatic Sturgeon

Adriatic Sea, Po and  Adige River

Acipenser nudiventris

Ship Sturgeon

Aral, Caspian, Black Sea and entering Rivers

Acipenser oxyrinchus

Atlantic Sturgeon

Atlantic Ocean ( Canada  , USA

Acipenser o. oxyrinchus

Atlantic Sturgeon

East coast North America from Florida to Hamilton

Acipenser persicus

Persian Sturgeon

Caspian and Black Sea , entering Rivers

Acipenser ruthenus

Sterlet

Drainages of main  rivers entering the Black & Caspian sea

Acipenser schrencki

Amur River Sturgeon

Amur River System

Acipenser sinensis

Chinese Sturgeon

Yangtze River  (*extinct 2005)

Acipenser stellatus

Sevruga

Caspian, Azov, Black + Aegean Seas and entering Rivers

Acipenser sturio

Atlantic Sturgeon

Baltic, Eastern North  America, Mediterranean, Black Sea

Acipenser transmontanus

White Sturgeon

Rivers and Pacific Coast of North America  from Alaska to Baja

Acipenser huso dauricus

Kaluga Sturgeon

Amur River system

Acipenser Huso Huso

Giant Sturgeon

Beluga Sturgeon

Caspian, Black, Adriatic Sea and entering Rivers

Pseudoscaphirhynchus fedtschenkoi

Syr-Dar Shovelnose Sturgeon

Syr-Dar River (  Kazakhstan, Central Asia )

Pseudoscaphirhynchus

hermanni

small Amu-Dar Shovelnose

Amu-Darya River ( Uzbekistan )

Pseudoscaphirhynchus

kaufmanni

large Amu-Dar Shovelnose

Amu-Darya River (  Uzbekistan )

Scaphirhynchus albus

Pallid Sturgeon

Missouri and Mississippi basins

Scaphirhynchus platorynchus

Shovelnose Sturgeon

Missouri and Mississippi basins

Scaphirhynchus suttkusi

Alabama Sturgeon

Mobil Basin in Alabama

Family Polyodontidae Polyodon spathula

North American Paddlefish

Mississippi River System and Missouri and its tributaries

Psephurus gladius

Chinese Paddlefish

Yangtze River

 

This table is copied from Cordon Noirian / Peter Weiss booklet:

 " The Prized Pearls of the Sea "