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Common Names
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Common Names in Albanian:
Bli Turigjate
Common Names in Bulgarian:
Pastruga
Common Names in Croatian:
Pastruga
Common Names in Czech:
Jeseter Hvezdnatý, Jeseter Hvezdnat, Jeseter Hvězdnatý, Jester Hvezdnaty
Common Names in Danish:
Stjernehus
Common Names in English:
Sevruga, Star Sturgeon, Starry Sturgeon, Stellate Sturgeon
Common Names in Finnish:
Tähtisampi, Thtisampi
Common Names in French:
Esturgeon Ètoilé, Esturgeon étoilé, Esturgeon D´europe, Esturgeon toil, Sevruga
Common Names in German:
Scherg-Stör, Scherg-Str, Sevruga, Stör, Sterhausen, Sternhausen, Str
Common Names in Greek:
Αστροξυρύχι, Στουριόνι, Astroxyrychi, Αστροξυρύχι, Στουριόνι
Common Names in Greek, Modern (1453):
Astroxyrychi, Αστροξυρύχι
Common Names in Hungarian:
Söregtok
Common Names in Hungarian (Magyar):
Söregtok, Sregtok
Common Names in Italian:
Storione Stellato
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
閃光鱘, 閃光鱘, 闪光鲟
Common Names in Persian:
Darakul, Mahi-E Kaviar, Ozoonboroon, Sevroga, Sevruga, Uzun Burun, ماهي خاويار, اوزون بورون, ازون برون, دراكول, سوروگا
Common Names in Polish:
Siewruga
Common Names in Portuguese:
Esturjo Estrelado, Esturjo-Estrelado, Esturjâo Estrelado, Esturjão-Estrelado
Common Names in Rumanian:
Pastruga, Păstrugă
Common Names in Russian:
севрюга, севрюга, Sevrjuga, Sevryuga
Common Names in Serbian:
Pastruga
Common Names in Slovak:
Jeseter Hviezdnatý, Jeseter Hviezdnat
Common Names in Slovenian:
Jeseter Hviezdnaty
Common Names in Spanish:
Esturión Estrellado, Esturin De Siberia, Esturin Estrellado
Common Names in Swedish:
Stjärnstör, Stjrnstr
Common Names in Turkish:
Mersin, Mersin Baligi, Sivruska Baligi
Description
Family Acipenseridae
Cold to temperate waters of the Northern Hemisphere. Anadromous or restricted to freshwater . Body with 5 rows of scutes . Mouth inferior and protractile. Four barbels anterior to mouth. Less than 50 gill rakers. Adults toothless. Large swim bladder. Attain 4.2 m or longer . Important for their meat and roe . Nearly all species are endangered or threatened.The family Acipenseridae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes ) and the Order Acipenseriformes. It contains 4 genera and 23 species. It may be found in Marine , Brackish , and Freshwater environments and is primarily Peripheral/diadromous. Some members of this family are used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are nonguarders. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is subcarangiform. Compared with other fish, the activity level of this family tends to be sluggish. Members of this family have been dated back to the Cretaceous period. This family may be found from 78° n to 24° s and 180° w to 180° e. Etymology of this family name : Latin, acipenser = sturgeon . 1853
Physical Description
Size/Age/Growth
Males are commonly 125 cm (Total Length) in length when caught/marketed, but may be as large as 220 cm (Total Length).
Habitat
May be found at depths of 10 to 100 meters.
Biome: Fresh water , brackish water, saltwater . Demersal .
Biology
Diet
Found mainly near shore over sand and mud , stays at the bottom during the day and rises to the surface to feed at night. Feeds mainly on fish, also mollusks, crustaceans and worms[1].
Migration
Anadromous .
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Bony Fishes
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Ray-Finned Fishes
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Order:
Acipenseriformes
()
- Family:
Acipenseridae
()
- Sturgeons
- Genus:
Acipenser
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Specific name:
stellatus
- Pallas, 1771
- Scientific name: - Acipenser stellatus Pallas, 1771
- Specific name:
stellatus
- Pallas, 1771
- Genus:
Acipenser
(
- Family:
Acipenseridae
(
- Order:
Acipenseriformes
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Ambiguous Synonyms
- Acipenser rostratus Brandt and Ratzeburg, 1833
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Acipenser helops Pallas, 1814
- Acipenser ratzeburgii Brandt, 1833
- Acipenser seuruga Bonnaterre, 1788
- Acipenser stellatus danubialis Brusina, 1902
- Acipenser stellatus donensis Lovetsky, 1834
- Acipenser stellatus illyricus Brusina, 1902
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 02-Mar-1994.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Acipenser
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 158 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
A. acutirostris · A. agassizii · A. albertensis · A. aleutensis · A. alexandri · A. anasimos · A. anthracinus · A. atelaspis · A. sturio · A. ayresii · A. baeri · A. baerii (Long-Nosed Siberian Sturgeon) · A. baerii baerii (Long-Nosed Siberian Sturgeon) · A. baerii baicalensis (Siberian Baikal Sturgeon) · A. baerii baikalensis (Baikal Sturgeon) · A. baerii stenorrhynchus (Lena River Sturgeon) · A. baeri baicalensis · A. baeri brandt · A. baeri stenorrhynchus (Lena River Sturgeon) · A. bairdii · A. beluga · A. brandtii · A. brevirostris · A. brevirostrum (Short-Nosed Little Sturgeon) · A. buffalo · A. carbonarius · A. caryi · A. cataphractus · A. cayennensis · A. chinensis · A. colchicus · A. copei · A. dabryanus (Dabry´s Sturgeon) · A. dauricus · A. ruthenus · A. eruciferus · A. sturio · A. flavescens · A. fulvescens (Lake Sturgeon) · A. girardi · A. glaber · A. gmelini · A. gueldenstaedti · A. gueldenstaedtii (Azov-Black Sea Sturgeon) · A. gueldenstaedti acutirostris · A. gueldenstaedti brandt (Azov-Black Sea Sturgeon) · A. gueldenstaedti colchicus · A. gueldenstaedti golis · A. gueldenstaedti longirostris · A. gueldenstaedti scaber · A. gueldenstaedti tanaica · A. guldenstadtii · A. heckelii · A. helops · A. holbrookii · A. honneymani · A. hospitus · A. huso · A. ruthenus · A. kaluschka · A. kennicottii · A. kikuchii · A. kirtlandii · A. kostera · A. naccarii · A. laevis · A. lamarii · A. latirostris · A. lecontei · A. lesueurii · A. lichtensteinii · A. liopeltis · A. gueldenstaedtii · A. macrorhinus · A. maculosus · A. mantschuricus · A. mediorostris · A. medirostris (Green Japanese Sturgeon) · A. gueldenstaedtii · A. microrhynchus · A. mikadoi (Sakhalin Sturgeon) · A. milberti · A. mitchillii · A. schrenckii (Japanese Sturgeon) · A. nacarii · A. naccari · A. naccarii (Adriatic Sturgeon) · A. nardoi · A. nasus · A. nertinianus · A. nudiventris (Fringe-Lipped Worm Eel) · A. nudiventris derjavini · A. obtusirostris · A. oligopeltis · A. orientalis · A. ornatus · A. oxyrhinchus · A. oxyrhynchus · A. oxyrhynchus desotoi · A. oxyrhynchus oxyrhynchus (Atlantic Sturgeon)
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed April 20, 2007.
- FishBase. , 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 02, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
- Sturgeon Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 02, 2008:
- European Environment Agency: EUNIS
- FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
- GBIF-Sweden: Fishes (NRM)
- Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
- Senckenberg: Collection Pisces
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2486403
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-29592
- Fishbase Species ID: 2065
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 161078
- IUCN ID: 229
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 515
Footnotes
- Svetovidov, A.N. (1984). Acipenseridae. p. 220-225. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. vol. 1. [back]
