Scaphirhynchinae
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Scaphirhynchinae is a subfamily
of sturgeon
which includes two genera
comprising a total of six species.
Genus Pseudoscaphirhynchus
Nikolskii
, 1900
Family
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of sturgeon
Sturgeon
Sturgeon is the common name used for some 26 species of fish in the family Acipenseridae, including the genera Acipenser, Huso, Scaphirhynchus and Pseudoscaphirhynchus. The term includes over 20 species commonly referred to as sturgeon and several closely related species that have distinct common...
which includes two genera
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
comprising a total of six species.
- Genus ScaphirhynchusScaphirhynchusScaphirhynchus is a genus of threatened sturgeons native to the United States of America. It contains three species:*Scaphirhynchus albus...
HeckelJohann Jakob HeckelJohann Jakob Heckel was an Austrian taxidermist, zoologist, and ichthyologist from Mannheim.Though not a formally trained zoologist he worked his way up through the ranks to eventually become the director of the Fish Collection at the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna...
, 1835 (native to North America)- Scaphirhynchus albus (ForbesStephen Alfred ForbesStephen Alfred Forbes was the first Chief of the Illinois Natural History Survey, a founder of aquatic ecosystem science and a dominant figure in the rise of American ecology. His publications are striking for their merger of extensive field observations with conceptual insights...
& R. E. Richardson, 1905) (Pallid sturgeon) - Scaphirhynchus platorynchus (Rafinesque, 1820) (Shovelnose sturgeon)
- Scaphirhynchus suttkusi J. D. Williams & Clemmer, 1991 (Alabama sturgeon)
- Scaphirhynchus albus (Forbes
Genus Pseudoscaphirhynchus
Pseudoscaphirhynchus
Pseudoscaphirhynchus is a genus of fish in the Acipenseridae family. The three species, all of which are threatened, are restricted to west-central Asia.-Species:*Pseudoscaphirhynchus fedtschenkoi...
Nikolskii
Alexander Mikhailovich Nikolsky
Alexander Mikhailovich Nikolsky was a Russian zoologist born in Astrakhan.From 1877 to 1881 he studied at the University of St. Petersburg, earning his doctorate several years later in 1887. From 1881 to 1891 he took part in numerous expeditions to Siberia, the Caucasus, Persia, Japan, et al. In...
, 1900
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- Pseudoscaphirhynchus fedtschenkoi (KesslerKarl Fedorovich KesslerKarl Fedorovich Kessler was a German-Russian zoologist and author of zoological taxa signed Kessler, who was mostly active in Kiev, Ukraine and conducted most of his studies of birds in Ukrainian regions of the Russian Empire - Kiev Governorate, Volyn Governorate, Kherson Governorate, Poltava...
, 1872) (Syr Darya sturgeon) - Pseudoscaphirhynchus hermanni (KesslerKarl Fedorovich KesslerKarl Fedorovich Kessler was a German-Russian zoologist and author of zoological taxa signed Kessler, who was mostly active in Kiev, Ukraine and conducted most of his studies of birds in Ukrainian regions of the Russian Empire - Kiev Governorate, Volyn Governorate, Kherson Governorate, Poltava...
, 1877) (Dwarf sturgeon) - Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni (KesslerKarl Fedorovich KesslerKarl Fedorovich Kessler was a German-Russian zoologist and author of zoological taxa signed Kessler, who was mostly active in Kiev, Ukraine and conducted most of his studies of birds in Ukrainian regions of the Russian Empire - Kiev Governorate, Volyn Governorate, Kherson Governorate, Poltava...
, 1877) (Amu Darya sturgeon
- Pseudoscaphirhynchus fedtschenkoi (Kessler