Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Actinopterygii - (Order) Acipenseriformes - (Family) Acipenseridae

Original position

Nantes (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Original entries

Acipenser huso Linnaeus, 1758
Acipenser plecostomus Linnaeus, 1758
Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758
Acipenser sturio Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Acipenserini (Tribe) Bonaparte, 1832

Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 93.

Alternative positions

Acipenseridae (Family) Bonaparte, 1832	Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 360.
Acipenserinae (Subfamily) Bonaparte, 1832	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 860.
Nantes (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 403.

Historical positions

Acipenserini (Tribe) Bonaparte, 1832	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 93.
Acipenseridae (Family) Bonaparte, 1832	Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 360.
Acipenserinae (Subfamily) Bonaparte, 1832	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 860; 859.
Acipenseridae (Family) Bonaparte, 1832	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 681.
Sturiones (Order)	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 451. [rough position]
Nantes (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 349, 403.
Nantes (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 196, 237. [new position]

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	18s;4ss; †3s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[18s;4ss]
1990-present	R. Froese & D. Pauly: 26 Sep 2005	[18s;4ss]
1982	R.A. Fritzsche	16s
1758	C. Linnaeus	[4s]