Overview
Family : Sturgeons ; Reported to reach a length of 153 TL (approximately 30,000 g) in the freshwater Shakujii Hatchery [1]. Lives essentially in freshwater although some fish frequently occur in estuaries. Males are sexually mature between 9-15 years; females between 16-20 years[2].
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Common Names
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Common Names in Czech:
Jeseter Sibirský, Jeseter Sibirsk, Jeseter Sibiřský
Common Names in Danish:
Sibirisk Stør
Common Names in English:
Lena River Sturgeon, Long-Nosed Siberian Sturgeon, Siberian Sturgeon, Sturgeon
Common Names in Finnish:
Siperiansampi
Common Names in French:
Esturgeon D´europe, Esturgeon De Sibérie, Esturgeon Sibérien, Esturgeon Sibrien
Common Names in German:
Sibirischer Stör, Stör
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
西伯利亚鲟, 西伯利亞鱘
Common Names in Norwegian:
Sibirsk Stør
Common Names in Polish:
Jesiotr Syberyjski
Common Names in Rumanian:
Sturion De Siberia
Common Names in Russian:
Осетр сибирский, западносибирский осетр
Common Names in Spanish:
Esturión De Siberia, Esturión Siberiano, Esturin De Siberia, Esturin Siberiano
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
Habitat
Biome: Fresh water , brackish water. Demersal .
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:5.1Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls
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9.10Marine Neritic - Estuaries
Biology
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:
baerii
- Subspecies:
baerii
- Scientific name: - Acipenser baerii baerii
- Subspecies:
baerii
- Specific name:
baerii
- 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
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Acipenser baeri Brandt, 1869
- Acipenser Baerii Baerii
- Acipenser baerii Brandt, 1869
- Acipenser baieri Brandt, 1869
- Acipenser stenorrhynchus Nikolskii, 1896
Misapplied Names
- Acipenser stenorrhynchus baicalensis (non Nikolskii, 1896)
Similar Species
Members of the genus Acipenser
There are approximately 158 species 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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Further Reading
- Baillie, J. and B. Groombridge (eds.) (1996). 1996 IUCN red list of threatened animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. 378 p.
- Bemis, William E., Eric K. Findeis, and Lance Grande 1997. An overview of Acipensiformes. Environmental Biology of Fishes, vol. 48. 25-71.
- Comments: 0-913124-54-7 (cloth)
- Elvira, B. (1997). Impacto y control de los peces exoticos introducidos en Espaa. p.139-151. In C.G. Lorencio (ed.) Conservacin, recuperacin y gestin de la ictiofauna Continental Iberica. Publicaciones de la Estacin de Ecologa Acutica, Sevilla,
- Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, USA. 2905. ISBN: 0-940228-47-5.
- Fritzsch, B. and P. Moller (1995). A history of electroreception. p. 39-55. In P. Moller, Electric Fishes: history and behavior. Fish and Fisheries series 17. Chapman & Hall, London.
- Garibaldi, L. (1996). List of animal species used in aquaculture. FAO Fish. Circ. 914. 38 p.
- Keith, P. and J. Allardi (coord.) (2001). Atlas des poissons d'eau douce de France. Patrimoines naturels, 47: 387 p. Paris: MNHN.
- Kullander, S.O. (1999). Swedish fishes: checklist of Swedish fishes. Swedish Museum of Natural History. http://www.nrm.se/ve/pisces/allfish.shtml.en, 25 May 1999.
- Monnerjahn, U. (1999). Freshwater fishes of Germany. A checklist compiled from German FischKataster of the Bundeslnder and from the German 'Rote Liste'. Provided as Excel spreadsheet for use by FishBase. Contact: Ursula Monnerjahn, um@zadi.de.
- 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). An annotated check-list of the freshwater fishes of Russia. J. Ichthyol. 37(9):687-736.
- Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott (1991). World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (21):243 p.
- Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al. 1991. World Fishes Important to North Americans Exclusive of Species from the Continental Waters of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 21. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 243. ISBN: 0-913235-54-7.
- Shiino, Sueo M. 1976. List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. Shima Marineland. Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan. 262.
- Walker, K.F. and H.Z. Yang (1999). Fish and fisheries in western China. p. 237-278. In T. Petr (ed.) Fish and fisheries at higher altitudes: Asia. FAO Fish. Tech. Pap. No. 385. FAO, Rome. 304 p.
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Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed April 20, 2007.
- Dyer, Brian S. (from FishBase).
- Froese, R., and D. Pauly. FishBase 2004. International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 14, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- Sturgeon Specialist Group 1996. Acipenser baerii ssp. baerii. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 14 January 2007.
- Sturgeon Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2504237
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-60170
- Fishbase Species ID: 4683
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13598031
- IUCN ID: 238
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 101308
Footnotes
- Suzuki, K. and G. Nishi (1977). Rearing of sturgeons in Japan. p. 380-393. Proc. 5th Japan-Soviet Joint Symp. on Aquaculture. [back]
- Keith, P., J. Allardi and B. Moutou (1992). Livre rouge des espces menaces de poissons d'eau douce de France et bilan des introductions. Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Secretariat de la Faune et de la Flore, Conseil Suprieur de la Peche, CEM [back]
