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Acipenseridae
Siberian sturgeon
Acipenser baerii
A sturgeon with resident populations in every river
Siberian sturgeon is known from Asia as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.
- Family
- Acipenseridae
- Genus
- Acipenser
- Maximum length
- 200 cm
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Asia: Siberia, rivers Ob, Irtysh, Yenisei, Lena, Kolyma, Khatanga, Pyasina, Anabar, Olenyok, Yana and Lake Baikal (Ref. 57765 ). Non-migratory populations exist in all river systems (Ref. 57765 ).
- Conservation status
- CRCritically Endangered

