Overview
Family : Sturgeons ;
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Critically Endangered |
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Common Names
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Common Names in Czech:
Jeseter Jihocínský, Jeseter Jihocnsk, Jeseter Jihočínský
Common Names in Danish:
Yantze-Stør, Yantze-Str
Common Names in English:
Dabry´s Sturgeon, Dabry's Sturgeon, River Sturgeon, Sturgeon, Yangambi Catfish, Yangtze Sturgeon
Common Names in Finnish:
Idänsampi, Idnsampi
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
達氏鱘, 達氏鱘, 达氏鲟
Common Names in Russian:
осетр корейский
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
Physical Description
Species Acipenser dabryanus
Males are commonly 32 cm (Standard Length)
Habitat
Biome: Fresh water . Demersal .
Ecology: Found in a variety of freshwater
habitats
, usually away from the riverbank in 8 to 10 m
deep water
. Adults
appear to prefer regions with a sandy silt
bottom
, while the young stay
in sandy shallows.[1]
List of Habitats:5.1Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls
)
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:
dabryanus
- Dumril, 1869
- Scientific name: - Acipenser dabryanus Dumril, 1869
- Specific name:
dabryanus
- Dumril, 1869
- 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 dabryanus Dum éril, 1869
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 28-Apr-1994
Similar Species
Members of the genus Acipenser
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 158 species and subspecies 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
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. ENG url p. 516.
- Fishes of the western North Atlantic. Editorial board: editor-in-chief John Tee-Van [and others] New Haven, Sears Foundation for Marine Research, Yale Univ., 1948- ENG url p. 32.
- Fishes of the world, by Edouard Le Danois, with the collaboration of Jacques Millot, Theodore Monod [and] Paul Budker. With 80 photogravure plates, 30 colour photos., and text illus. Woodstock, Vt., Countryman Press[1957] ENG url p. 185.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed April 20, 2007.
- FishBase. , 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 04, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Sturgeon Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 04, 2008:
- FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2486392
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-32979
- Fishbase Species ID: 8737
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 550551
- IUCN ID: 231
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 517
Footnotes
- Sturgeon Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
