Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes Order Acipenseriformes Berg, 1940 - sturgeons Family Acipenseridae Bonaparte, 1832 - sturgeons Genus Acipenser Linnaeus, 1758 Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1814 Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi Vladykov, 1955 - Gulf sturgeon