Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Actinopterygii > Order Acipenseriformes > Family Acipenseridae > Subfamily Acipenserinae > Genus Acipenser

Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Acipenser*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

Bulgarian: chiga; chigа; Чига sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: sterlet sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: sterlet; sterlet sturgeon sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;FAO. FAO Species Identification and Data Programme (SIDP). Aquatic Species Fact Sheets.

English-United States: Sterlet; Sterlet sturgeon sources: english PESI focal point

French: esturgeon de Sibérie; sterlet sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Israel (Hebrew): חדקן גמדי sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

Norwegian Bokmål: sterlett

Norwegian Nynorsk: sterlett

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

Polish: czeczuga; sterlet sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: cegă sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: Осетр стерлядь; стерлядь sources: A.Boltachev & E. Karpova, IBSS NAS Ukraine;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: kečiga sources: Davorin Tome

Spanish, Castillian: esterlete; esturión de Siberia sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Turkish: ciga baligi; ciga balığı; çoka balığı; cuka; çuka sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Осетер стерлядь; Стерлядь

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009

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Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (325 publications)
Barcode of Life (24 barcodes)
GenBank (107 nucleotides; 54 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:233941

Dr Jorg Freyhof. Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=304325