Acipenseriformes
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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 fisheses 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

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