Species that contain: Acipenser and stellatus [ 8 ] records

danubialis, Acipenser stellatus Brusina [S.] 1902:59, Fig. 3 [Rad Jugoslavenske Akademije znanosti i umjetnosti. Zagrebu. No. 149; ref. 17292] Danube River. Syntypes: whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Acipenser stellatus Pallas 1771 -- (Svetovidov 1973:84 [ref. 7169], Kottelat 1997:33 [ref. 22952], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:18 [ref. 37983]). Current status: Synonym of Acipenser stellatus Pallas 1771. Acipenseridae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

donensis, Acipenser stellatus Lovetsky [A.] 1834:263, Pl. 19 (fig. 1) [Nouveaux mémoires de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou v. 3; ref. 18085] Don River, Russia. •Synonym of Acipenser stellatus Pallas 1771, but a valid subspecies as described -- (Sokolov 1998:19 [ref. 23571]). •Synonym of Acipenser stellatus Pallas 1771 -- (Berg 1948:96 [ref. 12882], Svetovidov 1973:83 [ref. 7169], Kottelat 1997:33 [ref. 22952], Parin et al. 2014:44 [ref. 33547], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:18 [ref. 37983]). Current status: Synonym of Acipenser stellatus Pallas 1771. Acipenseridae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

helops, Acipenser Pallas [P. S.] 1814:97 [Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica v. 3; ref. 3351] Major rivers and seas of Russia. No types known. •Synonym of Acipenser stellatus Pallas 1771 -- (Berg 1948:96 [ref. 12882] as hellops, Svetovidov 1973:83 [ref. 7169], Coad 1995:7 [ref. 23608], Kottelat 1997:32 [ref. 22952], Sokolov 1998:22 [ref. 23571], Parin et al. 2014:44 [ref. 33547], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:18 [ref. 37983]). Current status: Synonym of Acipenser stellatus Pallas 1771. Acipenseridae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

illyricus, Acipenser stellatus Brusina [S.] 1902:60, Figs. 1-2 [Rad Jugoslavenske Akademije znanosti i umjetnosti. Zagrebu. No. 149; ref. 17292] Zadar, Dalmatia, Croatia, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea). Syntypes: whereabouts unknown. Original not seen. •Synonym of Acipenser stellatus Pallas 1771 -- (Svetovidov 1973:84 [ref. 7169], Kottelat 1997:33 [ref. 22952], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:18 [ref. 37983]). Current status: Synonym of Acipenser stellatus Pallas 1771. Acipenseridae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

ponticus, Acipenser stellatus Movchan [Yu. V.] 1970:41 [Vestnik Zoologii v. 1970 (no. 2); ref. 895] Northwestern Black Sea, including Danube and Dneiper rivers. Syntypes: (many) whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Huso huso (Linnaeus 1758) -- (see Sokolov 1998:23 [ref. 23571]). •Synonym of Acipenser stellatus Pallas 1771 -- (Parin et al. 2014:45 [ref. 33547], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:18 [ref. 37983]). Current status: Synonym of Acipenser stellatus Pallas 1771. Acipenseridae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

ratzeburgii, Acipenser Brandt [J. F.] in Brandt & Ratzeburg 1833:351, 352, Pl. 1a (fig. 3) [Medizinische Zoologie v. 2; ref. 619] Caspian Sea at mouth of Emba River. Holotype: ZIN 11760. •Synonym of Acipenser stellatus Pallas 1771 -- (Coad 1995:7 [ref. 23608], Kottelat 1997:33 [ref. 22952], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:18 [ref. 37983], Çiçek et al. 2024:30 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Synonym of Acipenser stellatus Pallas 1771. Acipenseridae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

seuruga, Acipenser Güldenstädt [J. A. von] 1772:533 [Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae v. 16 (for 1771); ref. 5066] Caspian Sea. No types known. Also in Bonnaterre 1788:17 [ref. 4940]. •Synonym of Acipenser stellatus Pallas 1771 -- (Kottelat 1997:32 [ref. 22952], Sokolov 1998:22 [ref. 23571], Parin et al. 2014:44 [ref. 33547], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:18 [ref. 37983], Çiçek et al. 2024:30 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Synonym of Acipenser stellatus Pallas 1771. Acipenseridae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

stellatus, Acipenser Pallas [P. S.] 1771:460 [Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des russischen Reiches; ref. 18509] Ascending [northern] rivers from Caspain Sea (Russia). No types known. •Valid as Acipenser stellatus Pallas 1771 -- (Berg 1948:96 [ref. 12882], Svetovidov 1973:83 [ref. 7169], Svetovidov in Whitehead et al. 1984:223 [ref. 13675], Lelek 1987:54 [ref. 22962], Coad 1995:7 [ref. 23608], Artyukhin 1995:7 [ref. 23782], Sokolov & Tsepkin 1996:20 [ref. 24640], Bemis et al. 1997:37 [ref. 22871], Kottelat 1997:32 [ref. 22952], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:726 [ref. 24702], Birstein & Bemis 1997:158 [ref. 29760], Sokolov 1998:22 [ref. 23571], Coad 1998:102 [ref. 23869], Pourkazemi et al. 2000:1 [ref. 25536], Bogutskaya et al. 2001:42 [ref. 26178], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:29 [ref. 26753], Hanel 2003:47 [ref. 27894], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:25 [ref. 28183], Vassilev & Pehlivanov 2005:162 [ref. 28369], Fricke et al. 2007:22 [ref. 29533], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:56 [ref. 29996], Vasil'eva 2007:39 [ref. 30517], Ninua & Japoshvili 2008:164 [ref. 31251], Esmaeili et al. 2010:365 [ref. 33391], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:16 [ref. 36649], Hilton et al. 2011:136 [ref. 31407], Parin et al. 2014:44 [ref. 33547], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:859 [ref. 34062], Barbieri et al. 2015:36 [ref. 35029], Çiçek et al. 2015:143 [ref. 35151], Esmaeili et al. 2017:25 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:7 [ref. 36089], Ćaleta et al. 2019:144 [ref. 37026], Lorenzoni et al. 2019:251 [ref. 37108], Kovačić et al. 2020:9 [ref. 37519], Çiçek et al. 2020:243 [ref. 37644], Dyldin et al. 2020:79, 103 [ref. 37569], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:18 [ref. 37983], Kuljanishvili et al. 2020:[4] [ref. 37535], Abliazov et al. 2021:8 [ref. 38576], Kovačić et al. 2021:18 [ref. 39014], Dyldin et al. 2022:[11] [ref. 39193], Niță et al. 2022:25 [ref. 40471], Çiçek et al. 2023:329 [ref. 40625], Çiçek et al. 2024:30 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Acipenser stellatus Pallas 1771. Acipenseridae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic; Mediterranean Sea; Black Sea; Caspian Sea. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.