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Common Names
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Common Names in Bulgarian:
Ship
Common Names in Catalan:
Esturió
Common Names in Czech:
Jeseter Hladký, Jeseter Hladky
Common Names in Danish:
Glatstør, Glatstør
Common Names in English:
Barbel Sturgeon, Bastard Sturgeon, Fringe-Lipped Worm Eel, Fringebarbel Sturgeon, Ship, Ship Sturgeon, Spiny Sturgeon, Thorn Sturgeon
Common Names in Finnish:
Harmaasampi
Common Names in French:
Esturgeon, Esturgeon à Barbillons Frangés, Esturgeon à Barbillons Frangés, Esturgeon Nu
Common Names in German:
Dick, Glattdick, Schip, Ship-Stör, Ship-Stör, Stör, Stör
Common Names in Greek:
Γυμνοξυρύχι, Gymnoxyrychi, ΓυμνοξυÏÏχι
Common Names in Greek, Modern (1453):
Gymnoxyrychi, ΓυμνοξυÏÏχι
Common Names in Hungarian:
Simatok, Szintok, Viza
Common Names in Hungarian (Magyar):
Simatok, Szintok
Common Names in Italian:
Storione Glatdick
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
裸腹鱘, 裸腹鱘, 裸腹鲟
Common Names in Persian:
Mahi-E Kaviar, Sheap, Ship, ماهي خاويار, شيپ
Common Names in Polish:
Szypr
Common Names in Portuguese:
Esturjão-Ventre-Nu, Esturjão-Ventre-Nu
Common Names in Rumanian:
Bogzar, Viza, Bogzar, Viza, Viză
Common Names in Russian:
шип, шип, Ship
Common Names in Serbian:
Sim
Common Names in Slovak:
Jeseter Hladký, Jeseter Hladký
Common Names in Spanish:
Esturión Barba De Flecos, Esturión Barba De Flecos
Common Names in Swedish:
Glattdick
Common Names in Turkish:
Biz Baligi, Sip Baligi
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
Size/Age/Growth
Males are commonly 132 cm (Total Length) in length when caught/marketed, but may be as large as 200 cm (Total Length).
Habitat
Found over mud and usually solitary. May be found at depths of 30 to 60 meters.
Biome: Fresh water , brackish water, saltwater . Demersal .
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:5.5Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater
Lakes
(over 8ha)
9.1Marine Neritic - Pelagic
Biology
Diet
Feeds on mollusks, amphipods and chironomid larvae.
Reproduction
Spawns from end of April to June (end of May in Rioni River , Black Sea )[1].
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:
nudiventris
- Lovetsky, 1828
- Scientific name: - Acipenser nudiventris Lovetsky, 1828
- Specific name:
nudiventris
- Lovetsky, 1828
- 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
(
Ambiguous Synonyms
- Acipenser schypa G�ldenst�dt, 1772
- Acipenser turritus Brusina, 1902
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Acipenser glaber Fitzinger, 1836
- Acipenser nudivenris Lovetsky, 1828
- Acipenser nudiventris derjavini Borzenko, 1950
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 02-Mar-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
- Baillie, J. and B. Groombridge (eds.) (1996). 1996 IUCN red list of threatened animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. 378 p.
- Bauchot, M.-L. (1987). Poissons osseux. p. 891-1421. In W. Fischer, M.L. Bauchot and M. Schneider (eds.) Fiches FAO d'identification pour les besoins de la pêche. (rev. 1). Méditerranée et mer Noire. Zone de pêche 37. Vol. II. Commission des Communautés Européennes and FAO, Rome.
- Bemis, William E., Eric K. Findeis, and Lance Grande 1997. An overview of Acipensiformes. Environmental Biology of Fishes, vol. 48. 25-71.
- Biology of the seas of the U.S.S.R. Translated by S. Botcharskaya. New York, Interscience Publishers[1963] ENG url p. 459, p. 611, p. 670.
- Blanc, M., J.L. Gaudet, P. Banarescu and J.C. Hureau (1971). European inland water fish: a multilingual catalogue. Fishing News (Books) Ltd. London.
- Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum / by Albert G.. . [Tokyo?]: Kagaku Kisho Hakkokai, Shwa 13 [1938]. ENG url p. 517.
- Ciba Foundation colloquia on ageing. Editors for the Ciba Foundation: G.E.W. Wolstenholme and Margaret P. Cameron, assisted by Joan Etherington. Boston, Little, Brown, 1955-[1959] ENG url p. 157.
- Coad, B.W. (1981). Fishes of Afghanistan, an annotated check-list. Publ. Zool. Natl. Mus. Can. 14:23p.
- 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.
- 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. 29, p. 32.
- 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 and Hall, London.
- General embryological information service. Utrecht, Hubrecht Laboratory. ENG url p. 32, p. 53, p. 53, p. 95, p. 98.
- Gerstmeier, R. and T. Romig (1998). Die Süßwasserfische Europas: für Naturfreunde und Angler. Franckh-Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany. 368 p.
- Kamilov, G. and Zh.U. Urchinov (1995). Fish and fisheries in Uzbekistan under the impact of irrigated agriculture. p. 10-41 In T. Petr (ed.) Inland fisheries under the impact of irrigated agriculture: Central Asia. FAO Fisheries Circular No. 894.
- Monogenetic trematodes: their systematics and phylogeny / by Boris E. Bychowsky; edited by William J. Hargis, Jr.; translated by Pierre C. Oustinoff. Washington, D.C.: American Institute of Biological Sciences, c1961. ENG url p. 277, p. 585, p. 78.
- 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.
- Soft-rayed Bony fishes: class Osteichthyes, order Acipenseroidei, order Lepisostei, order Isospondyli, suborder Elopoidea, suborder Clupeoidea, suborder Salmonoidea / Henry B. Bigelow.. . [et al.]. New Haven, Conn.: Sears Foundation for Marine Research, Yale University, 1963. ENG url p. 29, p. 32.
- Svetovidov, A.N. (1984). Acipenseridae. p. 220-225. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. vol. 1.
- Vilcinskas, A. (1993). Einheimische Süsswasserfische: Alle Arten: Merkmale, Verbreitung, Lebensweise. Naturbuch Verlag, Augsburg, Germany, 207 p.
- 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.
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.
- 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: 3855144
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-29590
- Fishbase Species ID: 2505
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 161077
- IUCN ID: 225
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 512
Footnotes
- Svetovidov, A.N. (1984). Acipenseridae. p. 220-225. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. vol. 1. [back]
