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Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758

Sterlet sturgeon
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Russian Federation country information

Common names: Sterlyad, Sterlyad', карыш
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type localities of: Acipenser kamensis, Kama River; Acipenser ruthenus var. grisescens and Acipenser ruthenus var. leucotica Nishni-Novgorod (no types known); probably by Acipenser kankreni; Acipenser lovetzkyi, no locality; Sterledus ruthenus var. sibiricus, middle and lower Angara River, Siberia; Acipenser ruthenus rutzskyi, Upper Ob River, Siberia (Ref. 124648). Distributed in the basins of the Black, Caspian, White, Barents and Kara seas and the Sea of Azov (Ref. 26334). This has been translocated to areas within the country for aquaculture and stocking in open waters where it has become locally established (Ref. 45022). Introduced in Pechora drainage in 1928-1950 and in Lake Ladoga basin (Ref. 59043). Also Ref. 683, 55804, 86838. EurRus
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rs.html
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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

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).
  More on author: Linnaeus.

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

Freshwater; brackish; demersal; potamodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 1 - ? m.   Temperate; 71°N - 36°N, 11°E - 111°E (Ref. 124675)

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