Helops Lovetsky [A.] 1834:257 Masc. Acipenser stellatus Pallas 1771. Type by subsequent designation. Refers to Helopes of Brandt & Ratzeburg 1833, available (ICZN Art. 11.8.1). Type designated by Jordan & Evermann 1896:103 [ref. 2443]. Duméril 1867:158 [ref. 14072] used Helops Fitzinger & Heckel 1836:287 [ref. 2077]. Norman 1966:54 [ref. 13535] lists a Helops Brandt 1835 in Müller [seperate of ref. 3060]. Helops was listed in Müller 1836:73 [ref. 3060] as a name only with no author or included species. •Synonymy of Acipenser Linnaeus 1758. •Synonym of Huso Lovetsky 1834. •Synonym of Sterletus Rafinesque 1820 -- (Kottelat & Freyhof 2025:547 [ref. 42352]). Current status: Synonym of Huso Lovetsky 1834. Acipenseridae.