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Family Order: Acipenseriformes 🍽️ 16 Edible 🎣 5 Game Fish

Acipenseridae

Species
27
Genera
3
Max Length
800 cm
Max Weight
816.0 kg
Avg Trophic
3.45
Threatened
14

🌐 Geographic Distribution

Sweden
6 spp.
Norway
5 spp.
France
5 spp.
Denmark
5 spp.
Ukraine
5 spp.
Czech Republic
4 spp.
Netherlands
4 spp.
Germany
4 spp.
Russia
4 spp.
China
4 spp.

🔬 Ecology & Feeding

Shallowest
0 m
Deepest
200 m

🌍 Habitat Distribution

🔄 Diadromous
16
💧 Freshwater
10
🌊 Marine
1

🛡️ Conservation Status Distribution

VU
EN
CR
Vulnerable 4
Endangered 3
Critically Endangered 17
Extinct in the Wild 1

🐟 Species in Acipenseridae

27 total
Acipenser Colchicus
Acipenser colchicus
🌿 Diadromous
Adriatic sturgeon
Acipenser naccarii
CR 🌿 Diadromous Edible
Alabama sturgeon
Scaphirhynchus suttkusi
CR 💧 Freshwater
Amu Darya sturgeon
Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni
CR 💧 Freshwater Edible
Amur sturgeon
Acipenser schrenckii
CR 🌿 Diadromous Edible
Atlantic sturgeon
Acipenser oxyrinchus
VU 🌊 Marine
Beluga
Acipenser huso
CR 🌿 Diadromous Edible
Chinese sturgeon
Acipenser sinensis
CR 🌿 Diadromous Edible
Danube sturgeon
Acipenser gueldenstaedtii
CR 🌿 Diadromous Edible
Dwarf sturgeon
Pseudoscaphirhynchus hermanni
CR 💧 Freshwater
Fringebarbel sturgeon
Acipenser nudiventris
CR 🌿 Diadromous Edible
Green sturgeon
Acipenser medirostris
EN 🌿 Diadromous Game
Gulf sturgeon
Acipenser desotoi
🌿 Diadromous
Kaluga
Acipenser dauricus
CR 🌿 Diadromous Edible
Lake sturgeon
Acipenser fulvescens
EN 💧 Freshwater Edible Game
Pallid sturgeon
Scaphirhynchus albus
CR 💧 Freshwater
Persian sturgeon
Acipenser persicus
CR 🌿 Diadromous Edible
Sakhalin sturgeon
Acipenser mikadoi
CR 🌿 Diadromous
Shortnose sturgeon
Acipenser brevirostrum
VU 🌿 Diadromous Game
Shovelnose sturgeon
Scaphirhynchus platorynchus
VU 💧 Freshwater Edible Game
Siberian sturgeon
Acipenser baerii
CR 💧 Freshwater
Starry sturgeon
Acipenser stellatus
CR 🌿 Diadromous Edible
Sterlet sturgeon
Acipenser ruthenus
EN 💧 Freshwater Edible
Sturgeon
Acipenser sturio
CR 🌿 Diadromous Edible