Lo storione atlantico, Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815

Nomi comuni esteri - Francese - esturgeon noir, esturgeon noir d'Amérique. Spagnolo - esturión del Atlántico. Inglese - american atlantic sturgeon, atlantic sturgeon, common sea sturgeon, common sturgeon. Tedesco - atlantischer stör. Danimarca - vestatlantisk stør. Svezia - stör. Finlandia - sinisampi. Repubblica Ceca - jeseter ostrorypý. Polonia - jesiotr ostronosy.

Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill 1815. The fishes of New York described and arranged. Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New York v. 1: 355-492, Pls. 1-6. Sinonimo senior, combinazione originale, nomenclatura ICNZ valida. Opinioni - Specie valida come Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill 1815 (spesso chiamato erroneamente oxyrhynchus), secondo Lee et al. 1980:41, Smith 1986:47, Robins & Ray 1986:44, Scott & Scott 1988:68, McAllister 1990:42, Burkhead & Jenkins 1991:344, Page & Burr 1991:27, Boschung 1992:28, Musick et al. in Jenkins & Burkhead 1994:187, Knight & Hastings 1994:149, Artyukhin 1995:7, Ong et al. 1996:464, Chereshnev 1996:599, Bemis et al. 1997:37, Murdy et al. 1997:53, McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:198, Scott & Crossman 1998:92, Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:125, Musick et al. 2000:10, Scott 2003:671, Nelson et al. 2004:58, Birstein & Bemis 2008:159. Specie valida come Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchell 1815, sottospecie oxyrinchus Mitchell 1815, secondo Ross et al. 2001:76, Musick in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:85, Boschung & Mayden 2004:105, Miller 2005:81, Scharpf 2005:7, Birstein & Bemis 2008:159. Tipo: non è noto nessun esemplare tipo.

Acipenser oxyrhynchus Mitchill, 1814. The fishes of New York described and arranged. Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New York v. 1: 355-492, Pls. 1-6. Sinonimo senior,  combinazione originale, errore ortografico, nomenclatura ICNZ non valida.

Acipenser oxyrhynchus oxyrhynchus Mitchill, 1815. The fishes of New York described and arranged. Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New York v. 1: 355-492, Pls. 1-6. Sinonimo senior,  combinazione originale, errore ortografico, nomenclatura ICNZ non valida.

Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus Mitchill 1815. The fishes of New York described and arranged. Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New York v. 1: 355-492, Pls. 1-6. Sinonimo senior, combinazione originale, sottospecie nominale, nomenclatura ICNZ valida. Attuale status: Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus Mitchill 1815.

Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi Vladykov, 1955. A comparison of Atlantic sea sturgeon with a new subspecies from the Gulf of Mexico (Acipenser oxyrhynchus de sotoi). Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada v. 12 (n° 5): 754-761, Pls. 1-8. Sinonimo senior, combinazione originale, sottospecie, nomenclatura ICNZ valida. Opinioni - sinonimo di Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill 1815, ma valida sottospecie come da descrizione, secondo Lee et al. 1980:41, Ong et al. 1996:464, Mettee et al. 1996:79, McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:198, Scott & Crossman 1998:93, Musick et al. 2000:10, Ross et al. 2001:76. Sinonimo di Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill 1915, ma valida sottospecie, per Boschung & Mayden 2004:105, Scharpf 2005:7, Birstein & Bemis 2008:159. Località tipo: Dintorni di Gautier, bocca del fiume Singing River, tra Twin Island e Rabbit Island, Contea di Jackson, Mississippi, USA. Olotipo: FMNH 59803. Paratipi: FMNH 59804 (1). Catalogo tipo: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:5. Attuale status: Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi Vladykov 1955.

Acipenser oxyrhynchus desotoi Vladykov, 1955. A comparison of Atlantic sea sturgeon with a new subspecies from the Gulf of Mexico (Acipenser oxyrhynchus de sotoi). Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada v. 12 (n° 5): 754-761, Pls. 1-8. Sinonimo senior, combinazione originale, errore ortografico, nomenclatura ICNZ non valida.

Note sulla sistematica - Sono riconosciute due sottospecie: Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus Mitchill 1815, e  Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi Vladykov 1955.

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