Genus
Acipenser
14 species. Maximum lifespan ranges from 27 years (Star sturgeon) to 152 years (Lake sturgeon).
Species
14
with a complete mtDNA
Median GC
45.6%
Range 45.3–46.1%
Median mtDNA size
16,580 bp
Where Acipenser species sit among 2,335 species
Whole-genome GC content against maximum lifespan. Hover or tap a point; select it again to open the species.
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- Acipenser (14)
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Longest-lived
Top 5 and the shortest-livedSpecies in Acipenser
Select a column to sort| Acipenser fulvescens | Lake sturgeon | 152 yr | 16,542 bp | 45.82% |
| 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% |
| 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% |
| Acipenser ruthenus | Sterlet | 46.1 yr | 16,488 bp | 45.52% |
| Acipenser gueldenstaedtii | Russian sturgeon | 46 yr | 16,594 bp | 45.57% |
| 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% |