25 SPECIES OF FAMILY ACIPENCERIDAE (STURGEONS)

1. Acipenser baerii (Siberian sturgeon)

• Distribution : Asia.
• Max. Length : 200 TL (cm).

2. Acipenser brevirostrum (Shortnose sturgeon).

• Distribution : North America.
• Max. Length : 143 TL (cm).

3. Acipenser dabryanus (Yangtze sturgeon).

• Distribution : Asia.
• Max. Length : 250 TL (cm).

4. Acipenser fulvescens (Lake sturgeon).

• Distribution : North America.
• Max. Length : 274 TL (cm).

5. Acipenser gueldenstaedtii (Danube sturgeon).

• Distribution : Eurasia.
• Max. Length : 236 TL (cm).

6. Acipenser medirostris (Green sturgeon).

• Distribution : North America.
• Max. Length : 250 TL (cm).

7. Acipenser mikadoi (Sakhalin sturgeon).

• Distribution : Northwest Pacific.
• Max. Length : 150 TL (cm).

8. Acipenser naccarii (Adriatic sturgeon).

• Distribution : Europe.
• Max. Length : 200 TL (cm).

9. Acipenser nudiventris (Fringebarbel sturgeon).

• Distribution : Europe.
• Max. Length : 200 TL (cm).

10. Acipenser oxyrinchus (Atlantic sturgeon).

• Distribution : Western Atlantic.
• Max. Length : 430 TL (cm).

11. Acipenser persicus (Persian sturgeon).

• Distribution : Eurasia.
• Max. Length : 242 TL (cm).

 
12. Acipenser ruthenus (Sterlet sturgeon).

• Distribution : Eurasia.
• Max. Length : 125 TL (cm).

13. Acipenser schrenckii (Amur sturgeon).

• Distribution : Asia.
• Max. Length : 300 TL (cm).

14. Acipenser sinensis (Chinese sturgeon).

• Distribution : Northwest Pacific.
• Max. Length : 130 TL (cm).

15. Acipenser stellatus (Starry sturgeon).

• Distribution : Eurasia.
• Max. Length : 220 TL (cm).

16. Acipenser sturio (Sturgeon).

• Distribution : Eastern Atlantic.
• Max. Length : 600 TL (cm).

17. Acipenser transmontanus (White sturgeon).

• Distribution : Eastern Pacific.
• Max. Length : 610 TL (cm).

18. Huso dauricus (Kaluga).

• Distribution : Asia.
• Max. Length : 560 TL (cm).

19. Huso huso (Beluga).

• Distribution : Asia.
• Max. Length : 560 TL (cm).

20. Pseudoscaphirhynchus fedtschenkoi (Syr Darya sturgeon).

• Distribution : Former USSR.
• Max. Length : 65 TL (cm).

21. Pseudoscaphirhynchus hermanni (Dwarf sturgeon).

• Distribution : Former USSR and Asia.
• Max. Length : 27.5 TL (cm). 

22. Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni (Amu Darya sturgeon).

• Distribution : Asia.
• Max. Length : 75 TL (cm).

23. Scaphirhynchus albus (Pallid sturgeon).

• Distribution : North America.
• Max. Length : 200 TL (cm).

24. Scaphirhynchus platorynchus (Shovelnose sturgeon).

• Distribution : North America.
• Max. Length : 100 TL (cm).

 

25. Scaphirhynchus suttkusi (Alabama sturgeon).

• Distribution : North America.
• Max. Length : --- TL (cm).