| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | ACTINOPTERYGII | ACIPENSERIFORMES | ACIPENSERIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Acipenser dabryanus | |||
| Species Authority: | Duméril, 1869 | |||
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Critically Endangered A1acd+2cd ver 2.3 |
| Year Assessed: | 1996 |
| Annotations: |
Needs updating
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| Assessor/s | Sturgeon Specialist Group |
| Range Description: | Confined to the Yangtze River system in China. |
| Countries: |
Native:
China; Korea, Democratic People's Republic of; Korea, Republic of
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| Habitat and Ecology: | Found in a variety of freshwater habitats, usually away from the riverbank in 8 to 10 m deep water. Adults appear to prefer regions with a sandy silt bottom, while the young stay in sandy shallows. |
| Systems: | Freshwater |
| Major Threat(s): | International trade restricted (CITES Appendix II). |
| Citation: | Sturgeon Specialist Group 1996. Acipenser dabryanus. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2010. |
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