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Species that contain: Acipenser and ruthenus [ 18 ] records

aleutensis, Acipenser Fitzinger [L. J. F. J.] in Fitzinger & Heckel 1836:285 [Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte v. 1 (no. 12); ref. 2077] Canaga Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, U.S.A. [in error]. No types known. See Mecklenburg et al. 2002:115 [ref. 25968] who say not from Alaska and not transmontanus. •Questionably a synonym of Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Kottelat 1997:32 [ref. 22952]). •Synonym of Acipenser transmontanus Richardson 1837 -- (Scott & Crossman 1998:100 [ref. 24570]). •Synonym of Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:16 [ref. 37983]). Current status: Synonym of Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus 1758. Acipenseridae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

fulvescens, Accipenser Rafinesque [C. S.] 1817:288 [American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review v. 1; ref. 19654] Lake Erie, North America. No types known. Original genus should have been Acipenser. The two subspecies names, acutirostris and obstusirostris, attributed to Roussow 1955:79 [ref. 26406] in Scott & Crossman 1998:89 [ref. 24570] were only mentioned as forms of Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus 1758 (not of A. fulvescens) and are not available names. •Valid as Acipenser fulvescens Rafinesque 1817 -- (Lee et al. 1980:39 [ref. 22416], Smith 1986:45 [ref. 22186], Robison & Buchanan 1988:78 [ref. 23393], McAllister 1990:40 [ref. 14674], Tomelleri & Eberle 1990:11 [ref. 24089], Page & Burr 1991:26 [ref. 18983], Boschung 1992:28 [ref. 23239], Etnier & Starnes 1993:99 [ref. 22809], Artyukhin 1995:7 [ref. 23782], Chereshnev 1996:599 [ref. 24659], Stauffer et al. 1995:30 [ref. 23376], Cross & Collins 1995:21 [ref. 23394], Mettee et al. 1996:77 [ref. 25836], Bemis et al. 1997:37 [ref. 22871], Birstein & Bemis 1997:159 [ref. 29760], Scott & Crossman 1998:82 [ref. 24570], Fuller et al. 1999:22 [ref. 25838], Lyons et al. 2000:20 [ref. 26594], Ross et al. 2001:71 [ref. 25978], Nelson et al. 2004:58 [ref. 27807], Bailey et al. 2004:61 [ref. 27882], Boschung & Mayden 2004:102 [ref. 27995], Scharpf 2005:6 [ref. 28940], Page & Burr 2011:135 [ref. 31215], Hilton et al. 2011:136 [ref. 31407], Page et al. 2013:58 [ref. 32708], Afonso et al. 2016:13, 77 [ref. 36199], Dyldin et al. 2020:97 [ref. 37569], Page et al. 2023:48 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Acipenser fulvescens Rafinesque 1817. Acipenseridae. Distribution: North America: Hudson Bay (Canada) eastward, south to east-central U.S.A.; introduced in Russia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

gmelini, Acipenser Fitzinger [L. J. F. J.] in Fitzinger & Heckel 1836:276, Pls. 25 (fig. 2), 30(figs. 17-18) [Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte v. 1 (no. 12); ref. 2077] Azov Sea or Caspian Sea. Holotype (unique): NMW (not found). •Synonym of Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Kottelat 1997:31 [ref. 22952], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:16 [ref. 37983], Çiçek et al. 2024:29 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Synonym of Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus 1758. Acipenseridae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

grisescens, Acipenser ruthenus var. Brandt [J. F.] 1853:320, Fig. 2 [Mélanges Biologiques, tirés du Bulletin physico-mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg v. 1; ref. 20902] Nishni-Novgorod, Russia. No types known. Treated by Kottelat 1997:32 [ref. 22952] from Brandt 1851 as infrasubspecific. •Synonym of Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Kottelat 1997:32 [ref. 22952], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:16 [ref. 37983]). Infrasubspecific. Current status: Synonym of Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus 1758. Acipenseridae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

helenae, Acipenser (Sterletus) Duméril [A. H. A.] (ex Valenciennes) 1870:258 [Histoire naturelle des poissons ou ichthyologie générale v. 2; ref. 1147] Russia. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-5176 (2). Type catalog: Bertin 1940:253 [ref. 293]. •Synonym of Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus 1758 -- (authors). •Hybrid between Acipenser ruthenus x Acipenser gueldenstaedti -- (Kottelat 1997:183 [ref. 22952]). Hybrid. Current status: Synonym of Acipenser. Acipenseridae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

kamensis, Acipenser Lovetsky [A.] 1834:262, Pl. 16 (fig. 2) [Nouveaux mémoires de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou v. 3; ref. 18085] Kama River, Russia. No types known. evidently spelled camensis on Pl. 16; see Kottelat 1997:31 [ref. 22952]. •Synonym of Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Kottelat 1997:31 [ref. 22952], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:16 [ref. 37983]). Current status: Synonym of Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus 1758. Acipenseridae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

kankreni, Acipenser (Sterletus) Duméril [A. H. A.] (ex Valenciennes) 1870:256 [Histoire naturelle des poissons ou ichthyologie générale v. 2; ref. 1147] Probably Russia. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-5173. Type catalog: Bertin 1940:253 [ref. 293]. •Synonym of Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Kottelat 1997:32 [ref. 22952], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:16 [ref. 37983]). Current status: Synonym of Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus 1758. Acipenseridae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

koster, Acipenser Gmelin [J. F.] 1789:1486 [Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae v. 1 (pt 3); ref. 18139] Caspian Sea. Appeared first as name only in Gmelin 1774:238 [ref. 18140, v. 3]. •Apparently the same as Acipenser kostera Fitzinger 1832. •Synonym of Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:16 [ref. 37983], Çiçek et al. 2024:29 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Uncertain as Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus 1758. Acipenseridae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

kostera, Acipenser Fitzinger [L. J. F. J.] 1832:340 [Beiträge zur Landeskunde Österreichs unter der Enns, Wien v. 1; ref. 5019] Danube River, Vienna, Austria. Neotype: BMNH 1898.4.11.26. Neotype designated by Kottelat 1997:31 [ref. 22952]. •Synonym of Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Kottelat 1997:31 [ref. 22952], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:16 [ref. 37983]). Current status: Synonym of Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus 1758. Acipenseridae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

leucotica, Acipenser ruthenus var. Brandt [J. F.] 1853:320, Fig. 1 [Mélanges Biologiques, tirés du Bulletin physico-mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg v. 1; ref. 20902] Nishnij-Novgorod, Russia. No types known. Treated by Kottelat 1997:32 [ref. 22952] as infrasubspecific from Brandt 1851, available as above. •Questionably a synonym of Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Kottelat 1997:32 [ref. 22952], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:16 [ref. 37983]). Current status: Uncertain as Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus 1758. Acipenseridae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

lovetzkyi, Acipenser (Sterletus) Duméril [A. H. A.] 1870:254 [Histoire naturelle des poissons ou ichthyologie générale v. 2; ref. 1147] Russia. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-5171 (2). Type catalog: Bertin 1940:253 [ref. 293]. •Synonym of Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Kottelat 1997:32 [ref. 22952], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:16 [ref. 37983]). Current status: Synonym of Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus 1758. Acipenseridae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

major, Accipenser ruthenus Schöpf [J. D.] 1788:186 [Schriften der Berlinischen Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde v. 8; ref. 18700] Hudson River, New York, U.S.A. No types known. Genus should have been Acipenser. Not used as valid after 1899; therefore reversal of priority in favor of Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus Mitchill 1815. •In the synonymy of Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus Mitchill 1815 -- (Hilton et al. 2016:31 [ref. 35294]). Nomen Oblitum. Current status: Synonym of Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill 1815. Acipenseridae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

marsiglii, Acipenser Brandt [J. F.] in Brandt & Ratzeburg 1833:352 [Medizinische Zoologie v. 2; ref. 619] Danube River or Ob River. Holotype: ?ZIN 11825. Based on Antaceus glaber of Marsigli 1726:34, Pl. 10 (fig. 2) [not investigated]. Also spelled marsilii by authors. •Synonym of Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus 1758, but perhaps a valid subspecies -- (Reshetnikov et al. 1997:726 [ref. 24702], Sokolov 1998:21 [ref. 23571]). •Synonym of Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus 1758, but a valid subspecies marsiglii -- (Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:16 [ref. 25650]). •Synonym of Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Berg 1948:76 [ref. 12882], Kottelat 1997:31 [ref. 22952], Parin et al. 2014:44 [ref. 33547], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:16 [ref. 37983], Çiçek et al. 2024:29 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Synonym of Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus 1758. Acipenseridae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

primigenius, Acipenser Chalikov [B. G.] 1944:47 [Zoologicheskii Zhurnal v. 23 (no. 1); ref. 13170] Northern Caspian Sea. No types known. •Hybrid of Acipenser ruthenus x Acipenser gueldenstaedti -- (Berg 1948:77 [ref. 12882], Kottelat 1997:183 [ref. 22952], Çiçek et al. 2024:29 [ref. 40789]). Hybrid. Current status: Synonym of Acipenser. Acipenseridae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

pygmaeus, Acipenser Pallas [P. S.] 1814:102 [Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica v. 3; ref. 3351] Major seas and rivers of Europe. No types known. For localities see Kottelat 1997:31 [ref. 22952]. •Synonym of Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Kottelat 1997:31 [ref. 22952], Sokolov 1998:21 [ref. 23571], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:16 [ref. 37983]). Current status: Synonym of Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus 1758. Acipenseridae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

ruthenus, Acipenser Linnaeus [C.] 1758:237 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] ?Danube River. Holotype: NRM 96. Based on several sources, see Kottelat 1997:31 [ref. 22952] so 96 should be regarded as a syntype. Apparently ruthenicus Brusina 1902:63 is a misspelling. Species epithet spelled rhutenus by Kielsen 1835:iii [ref. 30365]. •Valid as Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Herrera 1896:16 [ref. 39336], Berg 1948:70 [ref. 12882], Lelek 1987:51 [ref. 22962], Coad 1995:7 [ref. 23608], Artyukhin 1995:7 [ref. 23782], Zhu 1995:6 [ref. 25213], Sokolov & Tsepkin 1996:23 [ref. 24640], Chereshnev 1996:599 [ref. 24659], Bemis et al. 1997:37 [ref. 22871], Kottelat 1997:31 [ref. 22952], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:726 [ref. 24702], Birstein & Bemis 1997:158 [ref. 29760], Sokolov 1998:21 [ref. 23571], Bogutskaya et al. 2001:42 [ref. 26178], Zhang 2001:29 [ref. 26586], Hanel 2003:46 [ref. 27894], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:24 [ref. 28183], Hanel & Lusk 2005:176 [ref. 28804], Fricke et al. 2007:21 [ref. 29533], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:55 [ref. 29996], Esmaeili et al. 2010:365 [ref. 33391], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:117 [ref. 31212], Ruban et al. 2011:471 [ref. 31229], Hilton et al. 2011:136 [ref. 31407], Dolgov 2013:915 [ref. 33112], Parin et al. 2014:44 [ref. 33547], Litz & Koerber 2014:5 [ref. 33622], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:858 [ref. 34062], Çiçek et al. 2015:143 [ref. 35151], Zhang et al. 2016:45 [ref. 34477], Nión et al. 2016:24 [ref. 35565], Esmaeili et al. 2017:25 [ref. 35254], Romanov et al. 2017:820 [ref. 35687], Dolgov et al. 2018:36 [ref. 41055], Esmaeili et al. 2018:7 [ref. 36089], Ćaleta et al. 2019:144 [ref. 37026], Lorenzoni et al. 2019:251 [ref. 37108], Çiçek et al. 2020:243 [ref. 37644], Dyldin et al. 2020:102 [ref. 37569], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:16 [ref. 37983], Dyldin et al. 2022:[11] [ref. 39193], Pozdeev et al. 2022:4 [ref. 39511], Nagy et al. 2023:356 [ref. 40348], Çiçek et al. 2024:29 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus 1758. Acipenseridae. Distribution: Arctic rivers; Europe and Middle East: Black Sea, Sea of Azov, White Sea and Caspian Sea watersheds. Introduced elsewhere. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

rutzskyi, Acipenser ruthenus Johansen [B. G.] 1946:171 [Trudy Tomskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta v. 97; ref. 19607] Upper Ob River, Siberia, Russia. Syntypes: (21). •Synonym of Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Kottelat 1997:32 [ref. 22952] as ruzskyi, Sokolov 1998:21 [ref. 23571] as ruzskyi, Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:16 [ref. 37983]). Current status: Synonym of Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus 1758. Acipenseridae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

sibiricus, Sterledus ruthenus var. Dybowski [B. N.] 1874:394 [Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien v. 24 (no. 3-4); ref. 1172] Middle and lower Angara River, Siberia, Russia. Syntypes: whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Kottelat 1997:32 [ref. 22952], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:16 [ref. 37983]). Current status: Synonym of Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus 1758. Acipenseridae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.


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