πSterlet
The sterlet is a relatively small species of sturgeon from Eurasia native to large rivers that flow into the Black Sea, Azov Sea, and Caspian Sea, as well as rivers in Siberia as far east as Yenisei. Populations migrating between fresh and salt water (anadromous) have been extirpated. It is also known as the sterlet sturgeon.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2022.
- Body mass
- 8.8 kg
- Body length
- 0.4 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 46 years
Everything we know about the Sterlet
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass8.8 kgrecord 16 kg Β· FishBaseAnAgeDetails βHide β
data quality: acceptable
Record: largest individual on record
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Body length0.4 mrecord 1.25 m Β· FishBasetypical adultFishBaseDetails βHide β
Record: largest individual on record
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Maximum lifespan46 yearsrecord 36 years Β· FishBaseAnAgeDetails βHide β
data quality: acceptable
Record: largest individual on record
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Trophic level3.57FishBaseDetails βHide β
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DietcarnivoreaverageDetails βHide β
From trophic level 3.57 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2β2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.
Danger to humansharmlessFishBaseDetails βHide β
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Volume l8.8 LaverageDetails βHide β
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 Sterlet yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- βΊphylumChordata
- βΊorderAcipenseriformes
- βΊfamilyAcipenseridae
- βΊgenusAcipenser
- βΊspeciesAcipenser ruthenus
- superclassRay-finned fish Β· Actinopterygii
- orderAcipenseriformes
- suborderAcipenseroidei
- familyAcipenseridae
All 11 branches βFewer branches β
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassRay-finned fish Β· Actinopterygii
- classActinopteri
- subclassChondrostei
- orderAcipenseriformes
- suborderAcipenseroidei
- familyAcipenseridae
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