Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Superclass Actinopteri > Class Chondrostei > Order Acipenseriformes > Family Acipenseridae > Genus Acipenser

Acipenser gueldenstaedtii Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

AcipenserLinnaeus, 1758accepted genus name

Species group names

Acipenser gueldenstaedti Brandt & Ratzeberg, 1833 orthographic variant

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Bulgarian: Ruska esetra; Ruskа esetrа; Руска есетра sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Danish: diamantstør sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Dutch: diamantsteur; Donausteur sources: Spikmans, F.; Kranenbarg, J.; Veenvliet, P.; van Emmerik, W.; Roos, M.; Kouwets, F.; Verreycken, H.; de Ruiter, R.; Buijse, T. (2019). Standaardlijst namen zoetwatervissen van Nederland en Vlaanderen anno 2019. RAVON. 72(1): 8-12.;VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.
 English: Danube sturgeon; Danube sturgeon (=Osetr); Osetr; Russian sturgeon sources: FAO. FAO Species Identification and Data Programme (SIDP). Aquatic Species Fact Sheets.;VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
 French: esturgeon du Danube sources: VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.
 German: Donau-Stör; Ossietra-Stör; Russischer Stör; Waxdick sources: VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;de Groot, B.; Dijkema, R.; Redant, F. (1988). Fish, shells and shellfish: an illustrated guide with descriptions, supply times and recipes of more than 400 sea and freshwater species [Vis, schelp- en schaaldieren: een geïllustreerde gids met de beschrijvingen, aanvoertijden en bereidingswijzen van ruim 400 soorten uit zee en zoet water]. Spectrum: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-274-20203. 180 pp.
 Greek: Οξύρυγχος Δούναβη sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Italian: storione danubiano; storione russo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Lithuanian: rusiškasis eršketas sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Polish: jesiotr rosyjski sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Romanian: nisetru sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Russian: русский осётр sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Slovenian: koster sources: Davorin Tome
 Spanish, Castillian: esturion del Danubio; esturión del Danubio sources: de Groot, B.; Dijkema, R.; Redant, F. (1988). Fish, shells and shellfish: an illustrated guide with descriptions, supply times and recipes of more than 400 sea and freshwater species [Vis, schelp- en schaaldieren: een geïllustreerde gids met de beschrijvingen, aanvoertijden en bereidingswijzen van ruim 400 soorten uit zee en zoet water]. Spectrum: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-274-20203. 180 pp.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Swedish: rysk stör sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Turkish: karaca; karaca baligi; karaca balığı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Ukrainian: Осетер російський; Осетер руський; Осетр російський

Literature

original description

Brandt, J. F.; Ratzeburg, J. T. C. (1833). Medizinische Zoologie, oder getreue Darstellung und Beschreibung der Thiere, die in der Arzneimittellehre in Betracht kommen, in systematischer Folge herausgegeben. A. Hirschwald, Berlin. v. 2: i-iv + 1-364, Pls. 1-36 + 1. [Vol. 1 in 1829.].

basis of record

van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374

additional source

Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review. 43: 419-453.

additional source

Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).

additional source

Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.

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. Scientific Data. 10(1).

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External Links

FishBase
FishBase images (Acipenser gueldenstaedtii, Russia, by Hartl, A.)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Acipenser gueldenstaedtii Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126275

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Occurrence

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Environment


marine, brackish, fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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2008-01-15 by Nicolas Bailly

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