Persian sturgeon  (Acipenser persicus)

Taxonomy of Fishes

• Osteichthyes - Bony fishes->

  • Coelacanthi - Lobe-finned fishes->
  • Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes->
  • Cladistii - Bichirs->
  • Dipneusti - Lungfishes->
  • Chondrostei - Sturgeons->

    • Acipenseriformes - Sturgeons and Paddlefish->

      • Acipenseridae - Sturgeons->

        • Acipenser - Greater sturgeons->

          • Sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus)
          • Starry sturgeon (Acipenser stellatus)
          • Russian sturgeon (Acipenser gueldenstaedtii)
          • European sea sturgeon (Acipenser sturio)
          • Bastard sturgeon (Acipenser nudiventris)
          • Adriatic sturgeon (Acipenser naccarii)
          • Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baerii)
          • Lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens)
          • White sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus)
          • Shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum)
          • Green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris)
          • Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus)
          • Yangtze sturgeon (Acipenser dabryanus)
          • Sakhalin sturgeon (Acipenser mikadoi)
          • Persian sturgeon (Acipenser persicus)
          • Amur sturgeon (Acipenser schrenckii)
          • Chinese sturgeon (Acipenser sinensis)
        • Huso - Beluga sturgeons->
        • Pseudoscaphirhynchus - Aral shovelnose sturgeons->
        • Scaphirhynchus - American shovelnose sturgeons->
      • Polyodontidae - Paddlefishes->
  • Holostei - Gars and Bowfins->
• Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes->
• Agnatha - Jawless fishes->