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Acipenser dauricus

(Great Siberian sturgeon)

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in Czech:

Kaluga, Vyza malá, Vyza sibiřská

Common Names in Danish:

Østsibirisk hus

Common Names in English:

Great Siberian sturgeon, Huso sturgeon, Kaluga, Manchurian sturgeon, Siberian huso sturgeon

Common Names in Finnish:

Amurinkitasampi

Common Names in German:

Kaluga, Kaluga-Hausen

Common Names in Japanese:

Dauria-chôzame

Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:

鰉, 鳇

Common Names in Polish:

Kaluga

Common Names in Russian:

Kaluga, калуга

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Deuterostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia () - (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Phylum: Chordata () - Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata () - Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata () - auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
        Class: Osteichthyes () - Huxley, 1880
        Subclass: Actinopterygii ()
        Infraclass: Actinopteri ()
        Order: Acipenseriformes ()
        Family: Acipenseridae ()
        Genus: Acipenser () - C. Linnaeus, 1758
        Specific name: dauricus
        Scientific name: - Acipenser dauricus

Synonyms

Huso dauricus • Huso dauricus (Georgi, 1775)

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Acipenser

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 36 species and subspecies in this genus:

A. baerii (Long-Nosed Siberian Sturgeon) · A. baerii baerii (Lena River Sturgeon) · A. baerii baicalensis (Baikal Sturgeon) · A. baerii baikalensis (Baikal Sturgeon) · A. baerii stenorrhynchus (Lena River Sturgeon) · A. baeri stenorrhynchus (Lena River Sturgeon) · A. brevirostris (Short-Nosed Little Sturgeon) · A. brevirostrum (Short-Nosed Little Sturgeon) · A. dabryanus (Dabry´s Sturgeon) · A. dauricus (Great Siberian Sturgeon) · A. fulvescens (Lake Sturgeon) · A. gueldenstaedti (Caspian Sturgeon) · A. gueldenstaedtii (Caspian Sturgeon) · A. gueldenstaedti brandt (Azov-Black Sea Sturgeon) · A. huso (European Sturgeon) · A. medirostris (Barbel Sturgeon) · A. mikadoi (Sakhalin Sturgeon) · A. multiscutatus (Japanese Sturgeon) · A. naccari (Adriatic Sturgeon) · A. naccarii (Adriatic Sturgeon) · A. nudiventris (American Atlantic Sturgeon) · A. oxyrhynchus (Atlantic Sturgeon) · A. oxyrhynchus oxyrhynchus (Atlantic Sturgeon) · A. oxyrinchus (American Atlantic Sturgeon) · A. oxyrinchus desotoi (Gulf Sturgeon) · A. oxyrinchus oxyrinchus (American Atlantic Sturgeon) · A. persicus (Persian Sturgeon) · A. plecostomus (Suckermouth Catfish) · A. ruthenus (Sterlet Sturgeon) · A. schrencki (Japanese Sturgeon) · A. schrenckii (Japanese Striped Loach) · A. sinensis (Chinese Sturgeon) · A. stellatus (Stellate Sturgeon) · A. stenorrhynchus (Long-Nosed Siberian Sturgeon) · A. sturio (Atlantic Sturegon) · A. transmontanus (Sacramento Sturgeon)

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Further Reading

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Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 513.
Checklist of CITES Species: a reference to the appendices to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CITES url p. 53.
Checklist of fish and invertebrates listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 3.
The fresh-water fishes of China / by John Treadwell Nichols; with 143 figures in the text, 10 colored plates, and 1 map. 1943 New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1943. url fig. 1, p. 16.

Notes

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Contributors

Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 141407
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3995275

Last Revised: 2012-07-28