Sturgeon (Caviar Fish) Species
Introduction to different species of sturgeon.
There are currently 2 families of sturgeon known to to be in existence today, acipenseridae and polyodontidae, which comprise a total of six genera and 28 species alive today.
Sturgeon Families
- Acipenser baeri
- Acipenser baeri baeri (Siberian sturgeon)
- Acipenser baeri baicalensis (Baikal sturgeon)
- Acipenser baeri stenorrhynchus (Lena sturgeon)
- Acipenser brevirostrum (Shortnose Sturgeon)
- Acipenser dabryanus (Yangtze sturgeon, Dabryanus sturgeon)
※Illustration Source：J.Appl.Icthyol.15(1999)
- Acipenser fulvescens (Lake sturgeon, Giant panda sturgeon) (Bred by Fujikin)
- Acipenser gueldenstaedti (Russian sturgeon) (Bred by Fujikin)
- Acipenser medirostris (Sturgeon, Green sturgeon)
- Acipenser mikadoi (Sakhalin sturgeon)
- Acipenser naccarii (Adriatic sturgeon)
- Acipenser nudiventris (Ship Sturgeon)
- Acipenser oxyrinchus
- Acipenser oxyrinchus desotol (Gulf Sturgeon)
- Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus (Atlantic sturgeon)
- Acipenser persicus (Persian sturgeon)
- Acipenser ruthenus (Sterlet)
- Acipenser schrencki (Amur sturgeon) (Bred by Fujikin)
- Acipenser sinensis (Chinese sturgeon)
- Acipenser stellatus (Starry Sturgeon Sevruga、Stellate sturgeon)
- Acipenser sturio (Atlantic Sturgeon, Baltic Sturgeon)
- Acipenser transmontanus (White Sturgeon)
- Huso dauricus (Daurian Sturgeon, Kaluga Sturgeon)
- Huso huso (Beluga, European sturgeon)
- Pseudoscaphirhynchus fedtschenkoi (Syr-Dar shovelnose sturgeon)
- Pseudoscaphirhynchus hermannii (Small Amu-Dar shovelnose sturgeon)
- Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni (Large Amu-Dar shovelnose sturgeon)
- Scaphirhynchus albus (Pallid Sturgeon)
- Scaphirhynchus platorynchus (Shovelnose sturgeon)
- Scaphirhynchus suttkusi (Alabama sturgeon)
Polyodontidae Family
- Polyodon spathulata (Polyodon spathula) (Bred by Fujikin)
- Psephurus gladius (Chinese Paddlefish)
Bester (Huso huso × Acipenser ruthenus)
A crossbreed of Huso huso and Acipenser ruthenus (Bred by Fujikin).
This hybrid was developed in the former Soviet Union in 1958; it combines two desired qualities: the excellent eggs of the beluga and the speed of sexual maturation of the sterlet.
