Helopes Brandt [J. F.] & Ratzeburg [J. T. C.] 1833:3 Masc. Acipenser stellatus Pallas 1771. Type by subsequent designation. As a group within Acipenser [apparently a vernacular and not available], also used by Heckel & Kner 1857:342 [ref. 2078]. Duméril 1867:158 [ref. 14072] used Helops Fitzinger & Heckel 1836. Norman 1966:54 [ref. 13535] lists a Helops Brandt 1835 in Müller. Helops was listed in Müller 1836:73 [ref. 3060] as a name only with no author or included species. Huso Brandt & Ratzeburg 1833 is in prevailing usage. •In the synonymy of Acipenser Linnaeus 1758. •In the synonymy of Huso Brandt & Ratzeburg 1833. Current status: Synonym of Huso Brandt & Ratzeburg 1833. Acipenseridae.