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Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi  Vladykov, 1955
Taxonomic Serial No.: 624005

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subspecies  
  Synonym(s): Acipenser oxyrhynchus desotoi Vladykov, 1955
  
  Common Name(s): Gulf sturgeon [English]
  
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons ŕ nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassChondrostei  – paddlefishes, sturgeons  
                         OrderAcipenseriformes  – sturgeons, spoonfishes, paddlefishes  
                            SuborderAcipenseroidei   
                               FamilyAcipenseridae  – sturgeons, esturgeons, esturiones  
                                  SubfamilyAcipenserinae   
                                     GenusAcipenser Linnaeus, 1758 – sturgeons, greater sturgeons  
                                        SpeciesAcipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815 – Gulf sturgeon, esturión del Atlántico, esturgeon noir, Atlantic sturgeon  
                                           SubspeciesAcipenser oxyrinchus desotoi Vladykov, 1955 – Gulf sturgeon  
       

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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 08-Jan-2004, website (version 05-Jan-04)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Musick, John A. / Collette, Bruce B., and Grace Klein-MacPhee, eds.   
  Publication Date: 2002   
  Article/Chapter Title: Sturgeons: Order Acipenseriformes   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine, Third Edition   
  Page(s): 83-88   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-951-3   
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 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
    Western Atlantic Ocean  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Native  
 

 

    

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