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Acipenseridae
sevruga
Acipenser stellatus
Ascending rivers from the Caspian to the Aegean
- Temperate
- Regional distribution
- Europe
- Elongated
- Large
- Temperate fish
Temperate
Regional distribution
Elongated
Largesevruga is a freshwater fish of Eurasia. The species occupies freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 250 cm.
- Family
- Acipenseridae
- Genus
- Acipenser
- Maximum length
- 250 cm
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Eurasia: Caspian, Black, Azov and Aegean Seas, ascending rivers to spawn. Occurrence in Albania needs confirmation. Introduced in Aral Sea. Artificially propagated (Ref. 6866 ). Probably extirpated from Aegean Sea and related river basins (Ref. 113969 ).
- Conservation status
- CRCritically Endangered
Class
Family
Conservation status
