Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Acipenseriformes - jeseteři
Čeleď: Acipenseridae - jeseterovití

Synonyma: Acipenser aleutensis Fitzinger, 1836; Acipenser dubius Brusina, 1902; Acipenser gmelini Fitzinger, 1836; Acipenser jenisensis Herzenstein, 1895; Acipenser kamensis Lovetsky, 1834; Acipenser kankreni Duméril, 1870; Acipenser kostera Fitzinger, 1832; Acipenser lovetzkyi Duméril, 1870; Acipenser marsiglii Brandt, 1833; Acipenser pygmaeus Pallas, 1814; Acipenser ruthenicus Brusina, 1902; Acipenser ruthensis Linnaeus, 1758; Acipenser ruthenus alba Antipa, 1909; Acipenser ruthenus albinea Brusina, 1902; Acipenser ruthenus birostrata Brusina, 1902; Acipenser ruthenus brevirostris Antipa, 1909; Acipenser ruthenus erytraea Antipa, 1909; Acipenser ruthenus grisescens Brandt, 1853; Acipenser ruthenus leucotica Brandt, 1853; Acipenser ruthenus obtusirostris Brusina, 1902; Acipenser ruthenus rutzskyi Johansen, 1946; Acipenser ruthenus ruzskyi Johansen, 1946; Acipenser ruthenus septemcarinata Brusina, 1902; Acipenser sterlet Brusina, 1902; Sterledus ruthenus sibiricus Dybowski, 1874.

Typová lokalita: Řeka Dunaj.

Holotyp: NRM 96

Reference: Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae, Ed. X. (Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.) Holmiae. Systema Nat. ed. 10 v. 1: i-ii + 1-824.