Amur sturgeon

E98188

fish freshwater fish ray-finned fish sturgeon

The Amur sturgeon is a large, long-lived freshwater fish native to the Amur River basin in East Asia, valued for its caviar and threatened by overfishing and habitat degradation.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
kaluga sturgeon	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fish ⓘ freshwater fish ⓘ ray-finned fish ⓘ sturgeon ⓘ
bodyArmor	bony scutes ⓘ
bodyShape	elongated ⓘ
class	Actinopterygii NERFINISHED ⓘ
commonName	Amur sturgeon ⓘ
conservationList	IUCN Red List NERFINISHED ⓘ
conservationStatus	Endangered ⓘ
diet	benthic invertebrates ⓘ small fish ⓘ
economicImportance	aquaculture ⓘ commercial fisheries ⓘ
family	Acipenseridae NERFINISHED ⓘ
feedingAdaptation	barbels in front of mouth ⓘ inferior mouth ⓘ
foundIn	China NERFINISHED ⓘ Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ
genus	Acipenser ⓘ
habitat	freshwater ⓘ large rivers ⓘ
kingdom	Animalia ⓘ
lifespan	long-lived ⓘ
managementConcern	illegal fishing ⓘ stock decline ⓘ
maximumLength	about 3 meters ⓘ
maximumWeight	over 100 kilograms ⓘ
migratoryBehavior	anadromous or potamodromous tendencies ⓘ
nativeTo	Amur River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ East Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
order	Acipenseriformes NERFINISHED ⓘ
phylum	Chordata ⓘ
reproduction	late sexual maturity ⓘ spawns in rivers ⓘ
scientificName	Acipenser schrenckii NERFINISHED ⓘ
skeletonType	mostly cartilaginous ⓘ
snoutType	long snout ⓘ
taxonRank	species ⓘ
threat	habitat degradation ⓘ overfishing ⓘ poaching ⓘ pollution ⓘ river regulation ⓘ
tradeRegulation	CITES Appendix II NERFINISHED ⓘ
valuedFor	caviar ⓘ meat ⓘ

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Amur River → habitatFor → Amur sturgeon ⓘ

this entity surface form: kaluga sturgeon