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Acipenser schrenckii Brandt, 1869

Amur sturgeon
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Chondrostei (sturgeons) > Acipenseriformes (Sturgeons and paddlefishes) > Acipenseridae (Sturgeons) > Acipenserinae
Etymology: Acipenser: Latin, acipenser = sturgeon, 1853 (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Peter Leopold Ivanovich von Schrenck (aka Schenk or Shrenk) (1826–1894) was a Russo-German zoologist, geographer and ethnographer who was Director (1879) of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; anadromous (Ref. 26364). Temperate; 10°C - 20°C (Ref. 2059)

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Asia: Endemic to the Amur River system. Two morphs, brown and gray, represent the species in the Amur River basin. Occurrence in the Sea of Japan (Ref. 11102) needs confirmation.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 108.8, range 96 - 125 cm
Max length : 300 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 40142); max. published weight: 190.0 kg (Ref. 40142); max. reported age: 65 years (Ref. 56448)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 38 - 53; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 20 - 32. Body shields in 5 rows; dorsal shields 11 to 15, lateral shields 32 to 47 and ventral 7 to 10.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Adults occur in stretches of rivers with sandy or stony bottom. Feed on benthic organisms. Highly prized fish (Ref. 41072).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

The gray morph females in the Amur River reproduce at least every four years (Ref. 40142).

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IUCN, 1990. 1990 IUCN red list of threatened animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, U.K. 288 p. (Ref. 3881)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Critically Endangered (CR) (A2bd); Date assessed: 15 September 2019

CITES

Appendix II: International trade monitored

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Appendix II: Migratory species conserved through agreements

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
FAO - Fisheries: species profile; Publication: search | FishSource |

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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00257 (0.00160 - 0.00413), b=3.24 (3.11 - 3.37), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.3   ±0.1 se; based on diet studies.
Generation time: 22.0 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 2 growth studies.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (tm=8-14; tmax=65; Fec=29,000).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Very high vulnerability (87 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 13.5 [7.7, 23.3] mg/100g; Iron = 0.245 [0.148, 0.387] mg/100g; Protein = 17.5 [15.0, 20.2] %; Omega3 = 0.329 [0.180, 0.595] g/100g; Selenium = 23.9 [12.6, 47.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 4.56 [1.63, 12.77] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.469 [0.334, 0.657] mg/100g (wet weight);