Siberian sturgeon

Siberian sturgeon
Acipenser baerii
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acipenseriformes
Family: Acipenseridae
Genus: Acipenser
Species:
A. baerii
Binomial name
Acipenser baerii
Synonyms[3]
  • Acipenser baeri Brandt, 1869
  • Acipenser baeri baicalensis Nikolskii, 1896
  • Acipenser baeri stenorrhynchus Nikolskii, 1896
  • Acipenser baerii baerii Brandt, 1869
  • Acipenser baerii baicalensis Nikolskii, 1896
  • Acipenser baerii baikalensis Nikolskii, 1896
  • Acipenser baerii stenorrhynchus Nikolskii, 1896
  • Acipenser baieri Brandt, 1869
  • Acipenser stenorrhynchus Nikolskii, 1896
  • Acipenser stenorrhynchus baicalensis Nikolskii, 1896

The Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baerii) is a species of sturgeon in the family Acipenseridae. It is most present in all of the major Siberian river basins that drain northward into the Kara, Laptev and East Siberian Seas, including the Ob, Yenisei (which drains Lake Baikal via the Angara River) Lena, and Kolyma Rivers. It was also found in Kazakhstan and China in the Irtysh River, a major tributary of the Ob, though wild populations are extirpated in China.[1] The species epithet honors the German Russian biologist Karl Ernst von Baer.

  1. ^ a b Ruban, G.; Mugue, N. (2022). "Acipenser baerii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T244A156718817. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Acipenser baerii". FishBase. April 2022 version.