Sturgeon Species List
| Latin Name | Common Name | Alternate Common Names |
|---|---|---|
| Acipenser baerii | Siberian Sturgeon | Lena River sturgeon, Long-nosed Siberian Sturgeon |
| Acipenser brevirostrum | Shortnose Sturgeon | Short-nosed Little Sturgeon |
| Acipenser dabryanus | Yangtze Sturgeon | Dabry's Sturgeon, Jangtze Sturgeon, River sturgeon |
| Acipenser fulvenscens | Lake Sturgeon | Rock Sturgeon |
| Acipenser gueldenstaedtii | Russian Sturgeon | Azov-Black Sea sturgeon, Danube Sturgeon, Diamond Sturgeon, Diamond Back Sturgeon |
| Acipenser medirostris | Green Sturgeon | Barbel Sturgeon |
| Acipenser mikadoi | Sakhalin Sturgeon | |
| Acipenser naccarii | Adriatic Sturgeon | Italian Sturgeon |
| Acipenser nudiventris | Ship Sturgeon | Bastard Sturgeon, Fringebarbel Sturgeon, Spiny Sturgeon, Thorn Sturgeon |
| Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi | Gulf Sturgeon | |
| Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus | Atlantic Sturgeon | American Atlantic Sturgeon, Black Sturgon, Common sturgeon, Common sea sturgeon |
| Acipenser persicus | Persian Sturgeon | |
| Acipenser ruthenus | Sterlet | Albino Sterlet, Sterlet Sturgeon |
| Acipenser schrenckii Acipenser multiscutatus # |
Amur Sturgeon Japanese Sturgeon |
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| Acipenser sinensis | Chinese Sturgeon | |
| Acipenser stellatus | Starry Sturgeon | Sevruga, Star Sturgeon, Stellate Sturgeon, Stellatus |
| Acipenser sturio | Common Sturgeon | Atlantic sturgeon, Baltic sturgeon, European sturgeon, Sea sturgeon |
| Acipenser transmontanus | White Sturgeon | Columbia Sturgeon, Oregon Sturgeon, Pacific Sturgeon, Sacramento Sturgeon |
| Huso dauricus | Kaluga | Great Siberian Sturgeon, Huso Sturgeon, Kaluga, Manchurian Sturgeon, Siberian Great Sturgeon, Siberian Huso Sturgeon |
| Huso huso | Beluga | European Sturgeon, Giant Sturgeon, Great Sturgeon, Russian Sturgeon |
| Pseudoscaphirhynchus fedtschenkoi | Syr Darya sturgeon | Syr-Dar Shovelnose Sturgeon, Syr-Darya Shovelnose |
| Pseudoscaphirhynchus hermanni | Dwarf sturgeon | Little Amu-Darya Dhovelnose, Little Shovelnose Sturgeon, Small Amu-Dar Shovelnose Sturgeon, Small Shovelnose Sturgeon |
| Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni | Amu Darya sturgeon | Great Shovelnose Sturgeon |
| Scaphirhynchus albus | Pallid Sturgeon | |
| Scaphirhynchus platorynchus | Shovelnose Sturgeon | Sand Sturgeon |
| Scaphirhynchus suttkusi | Alabama Sturgeon |
# Probably a synonym of Acipenser schrenckii
Paddlefish (Polyodontidae) Species
| Latin Name | Common Name | Alternate Common Names |
|---|---|---|
| Psephurus gladius | Chinese Paddlefish | Chinese Swordfish, Sword Sturgeon |
| Polyodon spathula | Paddlefish | Mississippi Paddlefish, Spoonbill Catfish |