| Valid name | Acipenser |
| Synonym | Gender: M; Syst. Nat., ed. X: 273 |
| Synonym | Acipenser (Artedi) Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Synonym | Gladostomus Pallas, 1811, by monotypy, subgenus). |
| Synonym | Acipenser: Berg, 1911, Faune Russie, Poiss., 1:171 (full synonymy). |
| Synonym | Type: A. sturio Linnaeus,1758, by Linnean tautonymy, Int. Comm. Zool. Nomencl. Direct., 30, 56, Opinion 77, Off. List. ge |
| Synonym | Lioniscus Bonaparte, 1846, Cat. met. pesci Eur.: 20 (after Lionisci Lovetzky, 1828, by monotypy, subgenus). |