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Which sturgeon genera contain living species?
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Russian sturgeon (Acipenser gueldenstaedtii) swimming along the seafloor of the Black Sea.
The sturgeon genera that contain living species are:
- Acipenser12
- Huso12
- Scaphirhynchus12
- Pseudoscaphirhynchus12
These genera belong to the family Acipenseridae, which, along with the family Polyodontidae (paddlefishes), comprises the order Acipenseriformes.341