Animalia > Chordata > Acipenseriformes > Acipenseridae > Acipenser > Acipenser nudiventris

Acipenser nudiventris (Thorn Sturgeon; Spiny sturgeon; Ship Sturgeon; Ship; Fringebarbel sturgeon; Bastard Sturgeon; Barbel sturgeon)

Synonyms: Acipenser glaber; Acipenser nudivenris; Acipenser nudiventris derjavini; Acipenser schypa; Acipenser turritus
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Wikipedia Abstract

The bastard sturgeon, fringebarbel sturgeon, ship sturgeon, spiny sturgeon, or thorn sturgeon (Acipenser nudiventris) is a species of fish in the Acipenseridae family. Formerly abundant in the Black, Aral and Caspian seas, its range is now primarily limited to the Ural River (in Russia and Kazakhstan), with a possible relict populations in the Rioni River in Georgia and the Safid Rud in Iran. The healthiest population is one in Lake Balkhash in Kazakhstan, well outside its natural range, where they were introduced in the 1960s for commercial purposes. It has been reported that this fish has the highest relative fecundity for any sturgeon species.
View Wikipedia Record: Acipenser nudiventris

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Acipenser nudiventris

Attributes

Brood Egg Substrate [1]  Lithophils
Migration [2]  Anadromous
Diet [1]  Carnivore (Vertebrates)

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Amudarya Zapovednik State Nature Reserve Ia 152861 Lebap, Turkmenistan  
Dagestan State Nature Reserve 47101 Dagestan, Russia
Khazar Zapovednik State Nature Reserve Ia 658105 Turkmenistan  

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♦ 1Grenouillet, G. & Schmidt-Kloiber., A.; 2006; Fish Indicator Database. Euro-limpacs project, Workpackage 7 - Indicators of ecosystem health, Task 4, www.freshwaterecology.info, version 5.0 (accessed on July 3, 2012).
♦ 2Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0