Acipenser nudiventris

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA ACTINOPTERYGII ACIPENSERIFORMES ACIPENSERIDAE

Scientific Name: Acipenser nudiventris
Species Authority: Lovetsky, 1828
Infra-specific Taxa Assessed:
See Acipenser nudiventris (Aral Sea stock)
See Acipenser nudiventris (Black Sea stock)
See Acipenser nudiventris (Caspian Sea stock)
See Acipenser nudiventris (River Danube subpopulation)
Common Name/s:
English Bastard Sturgeon, Fringebarbel Sturgeon, Ship Sturgeon, Spiny Sturgeon, Thorn Sturgeon
French Esturgeon À Barbillons Frangés
Spanish Esturión Barba De Flecos

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Endangered   A1acde+2d   ver 2.3
Year Assessed: 1996
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s Sturgeon Specialist Group

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: Found in the Caspian and Aral seas (extinct in the Aral), very rarely in the Black Sea and Sea of Azov.
Countries:
Native:
Armenia; Azerbaijan; Bulgaria; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Kazakhstan; Moldova; Romania; Russian Federation; Turkey; Ukraine
Regionally extinct:
Hungary; Slovakia; Tajikistan; Uzbekistan
Presence uncertain:
Georgia; Turkmenistan
FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
Native:
Mediterranean and Black Sea

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems: Freshwater; Marine
Citation: Sturgeon Specialist Group 1996. Acipenser nudiventris. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2010.
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