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Taxon: Species Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758 - sterlet (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  C. Linnaeus, 1758
Original name, rank, combination & spelling:  Linnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 237-238.

Variants

Different spelling: Acipenser rutheneus Linnaeus, 1758
Questionably Different spelling: Acipenser ruthenicus Brusina, 1902 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Different spelling: Acipenser ruthensis Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: Species 2000, 2003

Synonyms

Questionably Synonymous name: Acipenser aleutensis Fitzinger, 1836 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Questionably Synonymous name: Acipenser dubius Brusina, 1902 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Acipenser gmelini Fitzinger, 1836 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Questionably Synonymous name: Acipenser jenisensis Herzenstein, 1895 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Acipenser kamensis Lovetsky, 1834 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Acipenser kankreni Duméril, 1870 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Acipenser kostera Fitzinger, 1832 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Acipenser lovetzkyi Duméril, 1870 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Acipenser marsiglii Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Acipenser pygmaeus Pallas, 1814 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Acipenser ruthenus alba Antipa, 1909 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Acipenser ruthenus albinea Brusina, 1902 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Acipenser ruthenus birostrata Brusina, 1902 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Questionably Synonymous name: Acipenser ruthenus brevirostris Antipa, 1909 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Acipenser ruthenus erytraea Antipa, 1909 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Acipenser ruthenus grisescens Brandt, 1851 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Acipenser ruthenus leucotica Brandt, 1851 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Acipenser ruthenus obtusirostris Brusina, 1902 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Acipenser ruthenus ruzskyi Ioganzen, 1946 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Acipenser ruthenus septemcarinata Brusina, 1902 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Questionably Synonymous name: Acipenser sterlet Brusina, 1902 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Sterledus ruthenus sibiricus Dybowski, 1874 Ref: Species 2000, 2003

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: sterlet Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: sterlet
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