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OverviewAI-generated
The starry sturgeon, scientifically named *Acipenser stellatus*, is a species of fish within the family Acipenseridae. It belongs to the order Acipenseriformes, class Chondrostei, and phylum Chordata. The species was described by Pallas in 1771 and is also referred to by common names such as stellate sturgeon, star sturgeon, and sevruga.
This organism inhabits marine, brackish, and freshwater environments. Its conservation status is listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN Red List, with the assessment recorded in 2022. The taxon is recognized as an accepted species within the genus *Acipenser*.
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Species
Critically Endangeredsevruga
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassChondrostei
- OrderAcipenseriformes
- FamilyAcipenseridae
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Encyclopedic overview
The starry sturgeon (Huso stellatus), also known as the stellate sturgeon or sevruga (Drakul, Persian: اوزون برون, and Turkish: Uzun Burun, lit. 'long nosed'), is a species of sturgeon. It is native to the Black, Azov, Caspian and Aegean sea basins, but it has been extirpated from the last and it is predicted that the remaining natural population will follow soon due to overfishing.
The starry sturgeon is an anadromous species, which migrates up rivers to spawn.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Starry sturgeon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.