Ship
Acipenser nudiventris Lovetsky, 1828
Status not recordedbony fish
The ship (Acipenser nudiventris) is a species in the family Acipenseridae, order Acipenseriformes.
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Quick facts about the ship
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the ship live?
Not recorded
Is the ship endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the ship classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classChondrostei
- orderAcipenseriformes
- familyAcipenseridae
- genusAcipenser
- SpeciesAcipenser nudiventris Lovetsky, 1828
Synonyms Acipenser glaber, Acipenser nudivenris, Acipenser nudiventris, Acipenser nudiventris derjavini, Acipenser schypa, Acipenser turritus, Huso nudiventris, Sterletus nudiventris
Other names and names in other languages (43)
- Barbel sturgeonEnglish
- Bastard sturgeonEnglish
- Fringebarbel sturgeonEnglish
- Ship sturgeonEnglish
- Spiny sturgeonEnglish
- Thorn sturgeonEnglish
- Kür kələmosuAzerbaijani
- ШыпBelarusian
- ШипBulgarian
- Jeseter hladkýCzech
- DickGerman
- ΓυμνοξυρύχιGreek
- esturión barba de flecosSpanish
- ShippEstonian
- HarmaasampiFinnish
- shipFrench
- Sima tokHungarian
- storione barbiglisfrangiatiItalian
- aralo jūros eršketasLithuanian
- glatdicksteurDutch
- szypPolish
- Esturjão-ventre-núPortuguese
- bogzarRomanian
- шипRussian
- gladki jeseterSlovenian
- Кратконоса кечигаSerbian
- sip baligiTurkish
- ШипUkrainian
- ЩипBulgarian
- shipBulgarian
- GlattdickGerman
- SchipGerman
- Γυμνοξυρύχι/ξυρύχιGreek
- esturgeonFrench
- esturgeon à barbillons frangésFrench
- esturgeon barbillons frangésFrench
- esturgeon nuFrench
- Осетр шипRussian
- mersin baligiTurkish
- mersin balığıTurkish
- sip balığıTurkish
- Осетер шипUkrainian
- Осетр шипUkrainian
Relatives of the ship
Other species in the same genus Acipenser.

Sterlet
Acipenser ruthenus

European sea sturgeon
Acipenser sturio

Russian sturgeon
Acipenser gueldenstaedtii

Starry sturgeon
Acipenser stellatus

Siberian sturgeon
Acipenser baerii
Adriatic sturgeon
Acipenser naccarii
CompareShip vs SterletShip vs European sea sturgeonShip vs Russian sturgeonShip vs Starry sturgeon
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
What kind of animal is the ship?
The ship (Acipenser nudiventris) belongs to the family Acipenseridae in the order Acipenseriformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits · CC BY 4.0 · v1
Oliveira, B.F., São-Pedro, V.A., Santos-Barrera, G., Penone, C. & Costa, G.C. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Scientific Data 4: 170123. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.123. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4644424.v5 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
Wikimedia Commons contributors. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org (each file credited to its author under its own licence). - EltonTraits 1.0: species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals · CC0 1.0 · 1.0
Wilman, H., Belmaker, J., Simpson, J., de la Rosa, C., Rivadeneira, M.M. & Jetz, W. (2014) EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95: 2027. https://doi.org/10.1890/13-1917.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3559887.v1 - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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