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 oxyrinchusᵀ Mitchill, 1814 - Atlantic sturgeon