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Species
Chinese sturgeon
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassChondrostei
- OrderAcipenseriformes
- FamilyAcipenseridae
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- Parent taxon
- Acipenser
- Image
- Shanghai zoo - Acipenser sinensis.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Critically Endangered
- taxon name
- Acipenser sinensis
- Commons category
- Acipenser sinensis
- taxon common name
- 中华鲟
- short name
- A. sinensis
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Encyclopedic overview
The Chinese sturgeon (Sinosturio sinensis; Chinese: 中华鲟; pinyin: zhōnghuá xún) is a critically endangered member of the family Acipenseridae in the order Acipenseriformes. Historically, this anadromous fish was found in China, Japan, and the Korean Peninsula, but it has been extirpated from Korea, Japan, and most regions in China due to habitat loss and overfishing.
It is strictly protected by the Chinese government, named a "national treasure" much like its mammalian counterpart, the giant panda. China has several conservation programmes, including reserves specifically aimed at this species and restocking through release of juveniles in the Yangtze River.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chinese sturgeon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.