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European sea sturgeon

Acipenser sturio

European sea sturgeon — Acipenser sturio
  • Freshwater & Saltwater
  • Critically Endangered
Max length
400 cm
Classification
Class
Chondrostei
Order
Acipenseriformes
Family
Acipenseridae
Genus
Acipenser
Distribution
  • Atlantic, Northeast
  • Europe - Inland waters

About the european sea sturgeon

The European sea sturgeon (Acipenser sturio), also known as the Atlantic sturgeon or common sturgeon, is a species of sturgeon native to Europe. It was formerly abundant, being found in coastal habitats all over Europe. Most specifically, they reach the Black and Baltic Sea. It is anadromous and breeds in rivers. It is currently a critically endangered species. Although the name Baltic sturgeon sometimes has been used, it has now been established that sturgeon of the Baltic region are A. oxyrinchus, a species otherwise restricted to the Atlantic coast of North America.

Distribution

They are found on the coasts of Europe, except in the northernmost regions and the Baltic region, and have rarely even been known to cross the Atlantic Ocean to the coasts of North America. Like many other sturgeons, they spawn in the rivers inland from the coast. The species can tolerate wide spread salinities and spend most of their lives in saltwater but migrate to spawn in freshwater.

Behaviour

Like other sturgeons, they eat polychaete worms and crustaceans which they find with their barbels.

Description from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA.

Where the european sea sturgeon lives

Distribution data from GBIF (DOI: 10.15468/dl.8rzs8d).

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