Acipenser is genus of sturgeons. With 17 species, many of which are threatened, it is the largest genus in the order Acipenseriformes. ==Sources== ... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acipenser
• (n.) A genus of ganoid fishes, including the sturgeons, having the body armed with bony scales, and the mouth on the under side of the head. See Sturgeon. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/acipenser/
Ac`i·pen'ser noun [ Latin , the name of a fish.] (Zoology) A genus of ganoid fishes, including the sturgeons, having the body armed with bony scales, and the mouth on the under side of the head. See Sturgeon . Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/20