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

Acipenser stellatus Pallas, 1771

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Acipenser*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: blini me yje; blini turigjatë sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Bulgarian: pastruga; pastrugа; Пъструга sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: spitssnuitsteur

English: sevruga; star sturgeon; starry sturgeon; stellate sturgeon; Севрюга звичайна 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: Sevruga; Star sturgeon; Starry sturgeon; Stellate sturgeon sources: english PESI focal point

French: esturgeon étoilé; sevruga sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Greek: Αστροξυρίχι; Αστροξυρύχι sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

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

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

Slovenian: sevruga sources: Davorin Tome

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

Ukrainian: Осетер севрюга; Севрюга; Севрюга звичайна

Literature

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.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (151 publications)
GenBank (96 nucleotides; 88 proteins)
FishBase
Barcode of Life (61 barcodes)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Acipenser stellatus Pallas, 1771. 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:126278

Dr Jorg Freyhof. Acipenser stellatus Pallas, 1771. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=304326