Acipenser stellatus

2n=109-112; 159-165 NF Burtzev JA. Nikoljukin NJ. Serebryakova EV. 1976. Karyology of the Acipenseridae family in relation to the hybridization and taxonomy problems. Acta Biol. Jugosl. Ser. Ichthyologia 8: 27-34 Abstract
2n=118±2; 70 m+sm, 48 a+mc, 188 FN Vasiliev VP. 1985. Evolutionary karyology of fishes. Nauka Press, Moscow. 126-139. (in Russian).
2n=118±2; 70±4 m+sm, (118±2)+(70±4) FN Birstein VJ. Vasiliev VP. 1987. Tetraploid-octoploid relationships and karyological evolution in the order Acipenseriformes (Pishes): karyotypes, nucleoli, and nucleolus-organizer regions in four acipenserid species. Genetica 73: 3-12 Abstract
2n=118±1, 356 FN Nowruz Fashkhami M. R. 1996. On the karyotypes of Acipenser persicus, A. stellatus and Huso huso from the Iranian waters of the Caspian Sea. Sturg. Quat. 4 (3): 7.
2n=118±2; 186±2 FN Suciu R. Ene C. 1996. Karyological study of the stellate sturgeon, Acipenser stellatus, from the Danube River. Sturg. Quart. 4(3): 14-15
2n=114 Nowruz Fashkhami MR. Khosroshahi M. 1999. Karyotype study on stellate and great sturgeon by leukocyte culture. J. Appl. Ichthyol. 15: 283. Abstract
2n=146±6; 72 m+sm, 74 a+mc, 218 FN Chicca M. Suciu R. Ene C. Lanfredi M. Congiu L. Leis M. Tagliavini J. Rossi R. Fontana F. 2002. Karyotype characterization of the stellate sturgeon, Acipenser stellatus, by chromosome banding and fluorescent in situ hybridization. J. Appl. Ichthyol. 18: 298-300 Abstract

m = metacentric; sm = submetacentric chromosomes; FN = fondamental number