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Acipenser medirostris Ayres, 1854

Green sturgeon
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Russian Federation country information

Common names: Barbel sturgeon, Sterlyad, осетр зеленый
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref: Reshetnikov, Y.S., N.G. Bogutskaya, E.D. Vasil'eva, E.A. Dorofeeva, A.M. Naseka, O.A. Popova, K.A. Savvaitova, V.G. Sideleva and L.I. Sokolov, 1997
Importance: commercial | Ref: Magnin, E., 1959
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Migrates to the Tumnin River and sporadically to the Amur to spawn. A discovery in the Olyutorsky Bay has also been recorded (Ref. 26334). Taken commercially in the Bering Sea by Russian fishers (Ref. 28213). Sakhalin (Ref. 37812). nEurRus
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Reshetnikov, Y.S., N.G. Bogutskaya, E.D. Vasil'eva, E.A. Dorofeeva, A.M. Naseka, O.A. Popova, K.A. Savvaitova, V.G. Sideleva and L.I. Sokolov, 1997
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Common names from other countries

Esturgeon vert, Esturión verde, حفش أخضر, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Chondrostei (sturgeons) > Acipenseriformes (Sturgeons and paddlefishes) > Acipenseridae (Sturgeons) > Acipenserinae
Etymology: Acipenser: Latin, acipenser = sturgeon, 1853 (Ref. 45335);  medirostris: The specific name is derived from medirostris, referring to its moderate snout (Ref. 1998).
  More on author: Ayres.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; anadromous (Ref. 120652); depth range 0 - 80 m (Ref. 50610).   Temperate; 10°C - 20°C (Ref. 2059); 65°N - 32°N, 166°W - 114°W (Ref. 54261)

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