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Acipenser persicus (Caspian Sea stock)

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA ACTINOPTERYGII ACIPENSERIFORMES ACIPENSERIDAE

Scientific Name: Acipenser persicus (Caspian Sea stock)
Species Authority: Borodin, 1897
Common Name/s:
English Persian Sturgeon

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Vulnerable   A1acde   ver 2.3
Year Published: 1996
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s: Sturgeon Specialist Group

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: In the Caspian Sea and the tributaries that flow into it.
Countries:
Native:
Azerbaijan; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Kazakhstan; Russian Federation; Turkmenistan
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems: Freshwater

Bibliography [top]

Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland.

Citation: Sturgeon Specialist Group 1996. Acipenser persicus (Caspian Sea stock). In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012.
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