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

Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Acipenser*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

English: paddlefishes sources: ITIS database

French: esturgeon noir sources: Nelson, J.S.; Crossman, E.J.; Espinosa-Pérez, H.; Findley, L.T.; Gilbert, C.R.; Lea, R.N.; Williams, J.D. (2004). Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada and Mexico Special Publication. American Fisheries Society, 29 American Fisheries Society: Bethesda. ISBN 1-888569-61-1. 386 + CD-Rom pp.

German: Atlantischer Stör sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

Polish: jesiotr atlantycki; jesiotr ostronosy sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Spanish, Castillian: esturión del Atlántico sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

Ukrainian: Атлантичний осетер; Осетер атлантичний

Literature

basis of record	Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology.
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (33 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
FishBase
Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815. 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:151802

Dr Jorg Freyhof. Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=304323