Acipenseriformes

Acipenseriformes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Acipenseriformes
Families
Acipenseridae (sturgeons) Polyodontidae (paddlefishes) Chondrosteidae[?] extinct Errolichthyidae[?] extinct

Acipenseriformes is an order of primitive ray-finned fishes that includes the sturgeons and paddlefishes, as well as some extinct families.

Acipenseriform skeletons are largely cartilage.

References

• Martin Hochleithner[?] and Joern Gessner[?], The Sturgeons and Paddlefishes of the World: Biology and Aquaculture
• Martin Hochleithner[?], Joern Gessner[?], and Sergej Podushka[?], The Bibliography of Acipenseriformes