green sturgeon
Acipenser medirostris Ayres, 1854
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Acipenser medirostris Ayres, 1854
- Name authority
- Ayres, 1854
- Common name
- green sturgeon
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Chondrostei
- Order
- Acipenseriformes
- Family
- Acipenseridae
- Genus
- Acipenser
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classChondrostei
- orderAcipenseriformes
- familyAcipenseridae Bonaparte, 1831
- genusAcipenser Linnaeus, 1758
- speciesAcipenser medirostris Ayres, 1854
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Acipenser. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| sterletAcipenser ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758 | AcipenseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| barbel sturgeonAcipenser nudiventris Lovetsky, 1828 | AcipenseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Siberian sturgeonAcipenser baerii Brandt, 1869 | AcipenseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| shortnose sturgeonAcipenser brevirostrum Lesueur, 1818 | AcipenseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yangtze sturgeonAcipenser dabryanus Duméril, 1869 | AcipenseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| lake sturgeonAcipenser fulvescens Rafinesque, 1817 | AcipenseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Danube sturgeonAcipenser gueldenstaedtii Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 | AcipenseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Adriatic sturgeonAcipenser naccarii Bonaparte, 1836 | AcipenseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amur sturgeonAcipenser schrenckii Brandt, 1869 | AcipenseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chinese sturgeonAcipenser sinensis Gray, 1835 | AcipenseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| white sturgeonAcipenser transmontanus Richardson, 1836 | AcipenseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Acipenser acutirostris Ayres, 1854 Ayres, 1854 | synonym |
| Sinosturio medirostris (Ayres, 1854) (Ayres, 1854) | synonym |
| Acipenser (Sinosturio) medirostris Ayres, 1854 Ayres, 1854 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Ayres, W. O. (1854). [Description of new fishes from California.]. The Pacific [Newspaper], (Minutes of Academy meetings were printed in “The Pacific” (a newspaper) shortly after each meeting. New species date to publication in The Pacific. Dates of publication are given in each species account). The Pacific [newspaper] v. 3 and 4 (thru no. 6). Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:9C6H. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.