ponticus, Acipenser stellatus Movchan [Yu. V.] 1970:41 [Vestnik Zoologii v. 1970 (no. 2); ref. 895] Northwestern Black Sea, including Danube and Dneiper rivers. Syntypes: (many) whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Huso huso (Linnaeus 1758) -- (see Sokolov 1998:23 [ref. 23571]). •Synonym of Acipenser stellatus Pallas 1771 -- (Parin et al. 2014:45 [ref. 33547], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:18 [ref. 37983]). •Synonym of Huso stellatus (Pallas 1771). Current status: Synonym of Huso stellatus (Pallas 1771). Acipenseridae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.