Acipenser naccarii

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	ACIPENSERIFORMES	ACIPENSERIDAE

Scientific Name:

Acipenser naccarii

Species Authority:

Bonaparte, 1836

Common Name/s:

English	–	Adriatic Sturgeon
French	–	Esturgeon De L'Adriatique
Spanish	–	Esturión Del Adriático

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Vulnerable A1ac ver 2.3
Year Assessed:	1996
Annotations:	Needs updating
Assessor/s	Sturgeon Specialist Group
Justification: The status of this species is currently under review.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Found in the Adriatic Sea in Italy, Albania, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Montenegro (Lake Skadar); questionably enters the Guadiana River in Portugal and Spain. Found in Po river basin. Occurrence along the coasts of northwest Greece is doubtful.
Countries:	Native: Albania; Croatia; Greece; Italy; Slovenia Regionally extinct: Montenegro

Population [top]

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	The Adriatic sturgeon is a diadromus species, spawning in fresh water after a marine period of growth during which it remains near the shore, at the mouths of rivers, between 10 to 40 m. The upstream migration into Italian rivers occurs during the first months of the year. Occurs over sandy or muddy bottoms. The eggs are usually laid in still waters along the borders of rivers, but they are said to be occasionally deposited in brackish water not far from the sea. It remains in freshwater until October.
Systems:	Freshwater; Marine

Habitat and Ecology:

The Adriatic sturgeon is a diadromus species, spawning in fresh water after a marine period of growth during which it remains near the shore, at the mouths of rivers, between 10 to 40 m. The upstream migration into Italian rivers occurs during the first months of the year. Occurs over sandy or muddy bottoms.

The eggs are usually laid in still waters along the borders of rivers, but they are said to be occasionally deposited in brackish water not far from the sea. It remains in freshwater until October.

Systems:

Freshwater; Marine

Threats [top]

Conservation Actions [top]

Citation:	Sturgeon Specialist Group 1996. Acipenser naccarii. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 02 December 2008.
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