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Pallid Sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus)
[© Robertson, D Ross]
Chapter Outline
- Description of Teleostomi
- Classification of Teleostomi
- Actinopterygii
- Neopterygii
- Teleostei
- Euteleosteomorpha
- Neoteleostei
- Acanthomorphata
- Euacanthomorphacea
- Percomorpharia
- Ovalentaria
- Sarcopterygii
- Paleo Teleostomi
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This page shows Actinopterygii's first two splits and focuses on the two orders isolated by those splits.
POLYPTERIFORMES - BICHIRS |
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The order Polypteriformes...
- FAMILY POLYPTERIDAE - BICHIRS
- Ornate Bichir (Polypterus ornatipinnis) -
EOL
IUCN Map
- SCZ, Baltimore Aquarium, Africa
- Bandback Bichir (Polypterus delhezi) - Shedd
The order Acipenseriformes...
- FAMILY ACIPENSERIDAE - STURGEONS
- Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) -
NOAH
EOL
IUCN Map
- Great Lakes, Shedd Aquarium, Baltimore Aquarium, Lake Champlain
- White Sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) - Monterey Bay
- Pallid Sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus) -
EOL
IUCN Map (EN)
- Kansas
- Shovelnose Sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus platorynchus) -
EOL
IUCN Map
- Kansas, Shedd Aquarium
- FAMILY POLYODONTIDAE - PADDLEFISHES
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