European sea sturgeon

European sturgeon
	Acipenser sturio
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
	CITES Appendix I (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acipenseriformes
Family:	Acipenseridae
Genus:	Acipenser
Species:	A. sturio
Binomial name
	Acipenser sturio; Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
	List Acipenser attilus Rafinesque 1820 corrig. Gray 1851 ; Acipenser latirostris Parnell 1831-37 ; Acipenser hospitus Krøyer 1852 ; Acipenser thompsonii Ball 1856 ; Acipenser sturioides Malm 1861 ; Acipenser yarrellii Duméril 1867 ; Acipenser (Huso) milberti Duméril 1870 ; Acipenser (Huso) fitzingerii Valenciennes ex Duméril 1870 ; Acipenser (Huso) ducissae Duméril 1870 ; Acipenser (Huso) nehelae Duméril 1870 ; Acipenser (Huso) podapos Duméril 1870 ; Acipenser (Huso) valenciennii Duméril 1870 ; Acipenser laevissimus Valenciennes ex Duméril 1870 ; Acipenser europaeus Brusina 1902 ; Acipenser shipus Güldenstädt 1772 non Lovetzky 1834 ; Antacea shipa (Güldenstadt 1772) ; Antaceus shipus (Güldenstadt 1772) ; Shipa shipa (Güldenstädt 1772) ; Sturio vulgaris Rafinesque 1810 ; Acipenser vulgaris (Rafinesque 1810) Billberg 1833 ; Acipenser atlanticus Rafinesque 1820 corrig. ;

The European sea sturgeon (Acipenser sturio), also known as the Atlantic sturgeon or common sturgeon, is a species of sturgeon native to Europe. It was formerly abundant, being found in coastal habitats all over Europe. Most specifically, they reach the Black and Baltic Sea. It is anadromous and breeds in rivers. It is currently a critically endangered species. Although the name Baltic sturgeon sometimes has been used, it has now been established that sturgeon of the Baltic region are A. oxyrinchus, a species otherwise restricted to the Atlantic coast of North America.

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