Family

Acipenseridae

20 species in 4 genera. Maximum lifespan ranges from 6 years (Little shovelnose sturgeon) to 152 years (Lake sturgeon).

Species

with a complete mtDNA

Lifespan range

6–152 yr

Median GC

45.7%

Range 45.3–46.6%

Genera

Largest: Acipenser (14)

The Acipenseridae tree

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Outer ring: Maximum lifespan, log scale

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4 genera, by species count

Whole-genome GC content against maximum lifespan. Hover or tap a point; select it again to open the species.

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Top 5 and the shortest-lived

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Species in Acipenseridae

Acipenser fulvescens	Lake sturgeon	152 yr	16,542 bp	45.82%
Huso huso	Beluga sturgeon	118 yr	16,760 bp	45.78%
Acipenser transmontanus	White sturgeon	104 yr	16,692 bp	45.84%
Acipenser dabryanus	Yangtze sturgeon	100 yr	16,438 bp	46.10%
Acipenser sturio	European sturgeon	100 yr	16,555 bp	45.46%
Scaphirhynchus albus	Pallid sturgeon	100 yr	16,494 bp	46.63%
Acipenser brevirostrum	Shortnose sturgeon	67 yr	16,680 bp	45.54%
Acipenser baerii	Siberian sturgeon	64 yr	16,763 bp	45.34%
Acipenser medirostris	Green sturgeon	60 yr	16,611 bp	45.47%
Acipenser oxyrinchus	Atlantic sturgeon	60 yr	16,565 bp	45.63%
Acipenser schrenckii	Amur sturgeon	60 yr	16,684 bp	45.80%
Huso dauricus	Kaluga	55 yr	16,691 bp	45.43%
Acipenser ruthenus	Sterlet	46.1 yr	16,488 bp	45.52%
Acipenser gueldenstaedtii	Russian sturgeon	46 yr	16,594 bp	45.57%
Scaphirhynchus platorynchus	Shovelnose sturgeon	43 yr	16,495 bp	46.60%
Acipenser sinensis	Chinese sturgeon	33 yr	16,682 bp	45.44%
Acipenser nudiventris	Fringebarbel sturgeon	30 yr	16,543 bp	46.01%
Acipenser stellatus	Star sturgeon	27 yr	16,537 bp	46.01%
Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni	Amu Darya sturgeon	12 yr	16,597 bp	45.62%
Pseudoscaphirhynchus hermanni	Little shovelnose sturgeon	6 yr	16,640 bp	45.72%