ACIPENSERIDAE
(sturgeons)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Family	ACIPENSERIDAE (sturgeons)
Order	ACIPENSERIFORMES (an order of bony fishes)
Class	ACTINOPTERYGII (ray-finned fishes)
Informal	[Pisces] (fishes)
Superclass	GNATHOSTOMATA (jawed craniates)
Subphylum	VERTEBRATA (vertebrates)
Phylum	CHORDATA (vertebrates)
Superphylum	DEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

ACIPENSERIDAE is also a member of:
Pisces - fishes (via Actinopterygii)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Anon.		Non-native fish	www.environment-agency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/recreation/fishing/99055.aspx

ACIPENSERIDAE (sturgeons) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

ACTINOPTERYGII
(ray-finned fishes)

[Pisces]
(fishes)

GNATHOSTOMATA
(jawed craniates)

CHORDATA
(vertebrates)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Pisces
(fishes)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ACIPENSERIDAE (sturgeons)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for ACIPENSERIDAE (sturgeons)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

ACIPENSERIDAE is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)