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Superregnum : Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Subclassis: Chondrostei
Ordo: Acipenseriformes
Familia: Acipenseridae
Subfamilia: Acipenserinae
Genera: Acipenser - Huso

Acipenserinae is a subfamily of sturgeon containing two genera and 19 extant species.
Genera
Juvenile beluga sturgeon (Huso huso) feeding on another fish

Subfamily Acipenserinae
Genus Acipenser Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Huso J. F. Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833

References

Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2009). "Acipenseridae" in FishBase. January 2009 version.

External links

Animal Diversity Web

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Biology Encyclopedia

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