Acipenser

See also: acipenser

Translingual

Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Latin acipēnser (“sturgeon”).

Proper noun

Acipenser m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Acipenseridae – ganoid fishes, including the sturgeons, having the body armed with bony scales, and the mouth on the under side of the head.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Actinopterygii - superclass; Chondrostei - subclass; Acipenseriformes - order; Acipenseridae - family; Acipenserinae - subfamily