Acipenseroidei
Acipenseroidei is a suborder of Acipenseriformes animals that contains:
- Acipenseridae (sturgeons)
- Acipenserinae
- Acipenserini
- Scaphirhychini
- Husinae
- Acipenserinae
- Polyodontidae (paddlefish)
- Polyodontinae
- Polyodontini
- Psephurini
- Polyodontinae
| Acipenseroidei | |
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| Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acipenseriformes |
| Clade: | Acipenseristomi |
| Suborder: | Acipenseroidei |
| Families | |
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Acipenseridae | |
These animals are well known for the production of caviar.
In 2019, an American paddlefish was hybridised with a Russian sturgeon, producing what the Hungarian scientists responsible named a "sturddlefish".[1]
Notes
- Scientists accidentally create unlikely fish hybrid, Science Jul. 17, 2020
References
- Martin Hochleithner, Joern Gessner, and Sergej Podushka, The Bibliography of Acipenseriformes
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