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SpeciesAcipenseriformesAcipenseridae
Fish

🐟European sea sturgeon

Acipenser sturio Linnaeus, 1758

Атлантическата (немска) есетра (Acipenser sturio) е проходна риба от семейство Есетрови. Много рядък и застрашен от изчезване в световен мащаб вид. Дължина: до 3,5 м Тегло: до 300 кг Разпространена е в северната част на Атлантическия океан, по бреговете на Европа, Средиземно и Черно море. Навлиза и в прилежащите им големи реки. В България ареалът ѝ обхваща черноморското крайбрежие и река Дунав, но вероятно вече е изчезнала. В миналото се е срещала в реките Марица и Струма.

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Also called
sturgeon, Atlantic sturgeon, Atlantic Sturgeon, Baltic Sturgeon, Common Sturgeon
Conservation status
CRCritically endangered

IUCN Red List assessment, 2022.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
220 kg
Body length
1.25 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
100 years
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the European sea sturgeon

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
220 kgrecord 400 kg · FishBase
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

By sex

  • Female120 kgFishBasev25.04
Body length
1.25 mrecord 6 m · FishBasetypical adult
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Record: largest individual on record

Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Maximum lifespan
100 yearsrecord 100 years · FishBase
AnAge
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Trophic level
3.51
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Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0

Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 3.51 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
harmless
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Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Volume l
220 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for European sea sturgeon yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderAcipenseriformes
  4. ›familyAcipenseridae
  5. ›genusAcipenser
  6. ›speciesAcipenser sturio
Full lineage
  1. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  2. orderAcipenseriformes
  3. suborderAcipenseroidei
  4. familyAcipenseridae
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  7. classActinopteri
  8. subclassChondrostei
  9. orderAcipenseriformes
  10. suborderAcipenseroidei
  11. familyAcipenseridae
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stør (nb), Europäischer Stör (de), steur (nl), jeseter velký (cs), Acipenser sturio (es), euroopansampi (fi) … and 26 more languages
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