Acipenser [Artedi, 1738] Linnaeus, 1758
Gill membranes not meeting underneath to form a continuous fold of skin across isthmus, but joined to the latter on each side; mouth small or moderate, transverse and semicircular; barbels round in cross-section.
See family for biology, etc.
Species about 25; in Clofnam area 5.
Recent revisions: see family.
Species of this genus in the program:
Acipenser gueldenstaedti
Acipenser naccarii
Acipenser nudiventris
Acipenser stellatus
Acipenser sturio