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Sea Sturgeons
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Sea Sturgeons

Acipenser

Acipenser is a genus of sturgeons. With 17 species, many of which are threatened, it is the largest genus in the order Acipenseriformes.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species

Atlantic Sturgeon

speciesAcipenser oxyrinchus

Gulf Sturgeon

speciesAcipenser desotoi

European Sea Sturgeon

speciesAcipenser sturio

Guba Sturgeon

hybridAcipenser baerii × gueldenstaedtii

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Sea Sturgeons in De Piscibus Libri V et De Cetis Liber Unus

De Piscibus Libri V et De Cetis Liber Unus

Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1661 · p.576

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