Acipenser gueldenstaedtii (Caspian Sea stock)

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA ACTINOPTERYGII ACIPENSERIFORMES ACIPENSERIDAE

Scientific Name: Acipenser gueldenstaedtii (Caspian Sea stock)
Species Authority: Brandt, 1833
Common Name/s:
English Russian Sturgeon

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Endangered   A2d   ver 2.3
Year Assessed: 1996
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s: Sturgeon Specialist Group

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: In the Caspian Sea ansd the tributaries that feed into the Caspian.
Countries:
Native:
Azerbaijan; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Kazakhstan; Russian Federation; Turkmenistan

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems: Freshwater
Citation: Sturgeon Specialist Group 1996. Acipenser gueldenstaedtii (Caspian Sea stock). In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2012.
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