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Acipenseridae
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Acipenser nudiventris
Gone from Aral yet large in Balkhash
- Temperate
- Lower river
- Regional distribution
- Central Asia
- East Asia
- Europe
- West Asia
- Elongated
- Large
- Temperate fish
Temperate
Regional distribution
Elongated
Largeship is a freshwater fish from Europe. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The largest recorded length is 211 cm.
- Family
- Acipenseridae
- Genus
- Acipenser
- Maximum length
- 211 cm
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Europe: Black, Azov, Caspian and Aral Sea, ascending some rivers (Danube up to Bratislava, Volga up to Kazan, Ural up to Chkalov), unknown or very rare in others. On the verge of extinction in its natural range. Extirpated in Aral basin; nearly extirpated in Black Sea basin; only occasional records from Danube and lower Volga; only a very small population remaining in Rivers Ural (Russia, Kazakhstan) and Rioni (Georgia); no natural spawning population in Iran; established in Lake Balkhash where it forms a large population (Ref. 59043 ). Artificially propagated (Ref. 6866 ).
- Conservation status
- CRCritically Endangered
Class
Family
Conservation status
