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Acipenser schrenckii Brandt, 1869

Amur sturgeon
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Russian Federation country information

Common names: Amur sturgeon, Amurskii osetr, амурский осетр
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: fairly common (chances are about 50%) | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known only from the Amur basin (Ref. 26334). Recorded from Khanka Lake. Population in the Zeya and Bureya river tributaries was extremely low and on the verge of extinction since 1997. nEurRus
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rs.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Bogutskaya, N.G. and A.M. Naseka, 1996
National Database:

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).

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

Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; anadromous (Ref. 26364).   Temperate; 10°C - 20°C (Ref. 2059)

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