Chondrostei (Cartilaginous Fish)
Order: Acipenseriformes (Paddlefish and Sturgeons)
Family: Acipenseridae (Sturgeons)
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Acipenser dabryanus | Duméril, 1869 | Yangtze sturgeon, River sturgeon, Dabry's sturgeon, Chinese sturgeon | ? | Yangtze River, China | Extinct in the Wild | Access |
Acipenser gueldenstaedtii nov. form 'Middle Danube' | - | Middle Danube sturgeon | ? | Middle Danube, Europe | Extinct if valid | Access |
Acipenser naccarii | Bonaparte, 1836 | Adriatic sturgeon | (rediscovered) | Adriatic Sea | Rediscovered in the Wild | Access |
Pseudoscaphirhynchus fedtschenkoi | Kessler, 1872 | Syr Darya sturgeon, Syr-darya shovelnose sturgeon | 1986 | Syr Darya basin, Aral Sea (Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan) | Missing | Access |
Pseudoscaphirhynchus hermanni | Kessler, 1877 | Dwarf sturgeon, Little Amu-Darya shovelnose, Little shovelnose sturgeon, Small Amu-Dar shovelnose sturgeon | (rediscovered) | Turkmenistan | Rediscovered | Access |
Scaphirhynchus suttkusi | Williams & Clemmer, 1991 | Alabama sturgeon | (rediscovered) | Alabama, USA | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Polyodontidae (Paddlefishes)
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Psephurus gladius | (Martens, 1862) | Chinese paddlefish, Chinese swordfish, Sword-billed sturgeon, yin yui wei, chin yui | 2004 | China (including Qiantang River, Yangtze River, Yangjian River, Yellow River and Yellow Sea) | Extinct | Access |