Acipenser brevirostrum Leseuer 1818 (shortnose sturgeon)

Osteichthyes - Acipenseriformes - Acipenseridae

Belongs to Acipenser according to L. Grande and E. J. Hilton 2006

Sister taxa: Acipenser albertensis, Acipenser amnisinferos, Acipenser eruciferus, Acipenser fulvescens, Acipenser gigantissimus, Acipenser medirostris, Acipenser molassicus, Acipenser ornatus, Acipenser oxyrhynchus, Acipenser praeparatorum, Acipenser toliapicus, Acipenser tuberculosus

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Acipenser brevirostrum in the database

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