Shipa (subgenus of Acipenser) Brandt [J. F.] 1869:113 Fem. Acipenser nudiventris Lovetsky 1828. Type by subsequent designation. As a subgenus of Acipenser with 2 species: A. shipa of Güldenstädt (not of Brandt and Ratzeburg 1833) and Acipenser nudiventris Lovetsky 1828. Jordan 1919:354 [ref. 4904] gives type as A. schypa Eichwald = A. nudiventris Lovetsky; Jordan misspells genus as Schipa. Treated as feminine, Art. 30.2.4. •Synonym of Acipenser Linnaeus 1758. •Synonym of Huso Brandt & Ratzeburg 1833. Current status: Synonym of Huso Brandt & Ratzeburg 1833. Acipenseridae.