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Chinese sturgeon is indexed among the 9,479 entries in Vinony's Critically Endangered Species collection.
Within Vinony's link graph, Chinese sturgeon is referenced by 57 other articles, and connects out to sturgeon, Critically Endangered and Acipenseriformes.
It sits within the topics Acipenser, Critically endangered fauna of Asia and Critically endangered fauna of China.
Its subject is documented across 32 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
Chinese sturgeon
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassChondrostei
- OrderAcipenseriformes
- FamilyAcipenseridae
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Wikidata facts
- 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.