Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Superclass Actinopteri > Class Chondrostei

Acipenseriformes

Rank: Order
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Acipenseridae Bonaparte, 1831

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: steurachtigen

German: Knorpelschmelzschupper; Störartige sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Οξυρρυγχόμορφα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: acipenseriformi sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Japanese: チョウザメ目 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Lithuanian: eršketžuvės sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: stører sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: jesiotrokształtne sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: осетрообразные sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: jesetrovke sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: störartade fiskar sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: mersin balıkları sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Осетроподібні

Literature

basis of record	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.
taxonomy source	Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. Zootaxa. 3882(1): 1-230.

Genbank

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Acipenseriformes. 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:10288

Dr. Jorg Freyhof. Acipenseriformes. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/2ad59084-4791-4842-a342-f6a8ae3b0a6f