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Acipenser gueldenstaedtii Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833

Danube sturgeon
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Bulgaria country information

Common names: Nesetra, Ruska esetra
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/bu.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kottelat, M. and J. Freyhof, 2007
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Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Acipenseriformes (Sturgeons and paddlefishes) > Acipenseridae (Sturgeons) > Acipenserinae
Etymology: Acipenser: Latin, acipenser = sturgeon, 1853 (Ref. 45335);  gueldenstaedtii: Named for Johann Anton Güldenstädt (1745-1781)..

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

marino; agua dulce; salobre demersal; anadromo (Ref. 51243); rango de profundidad 2 - 100 m, usually 10 - 25 m.   Temperate; 10°C - 20°C (Ref. 2059); 61°N - 35°N, 26°E - 54°E

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Eurasia: Black Sea, Sea of Azov and Caspian Sea basins. Introduced throughout Europe.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 236 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 59043); common length : 145 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 3561); peso máximo publicado: 115.0 kg (Ref. 6866); edad máxima reportada: 46 años (Ref. 3561)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total) : 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 27 - 48; Radios blandos anales: 16 - 35. Under the name A. g. colchicus. Lower lip not continuous, interrupted at center. Five rows of scutes: dorsal 7-19, lateral 24-44 on each side, ventral 6-13 on each side, with lines of smaller stellate bony plates between the dorsal and ventral rows. Color of back olivaceous grey, flanks lighter, and belly white.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Anadromous and freshwater populations exist. At the sea, it occurs in shallow coastal and estuarine zones. In freshwaters, it inhabits deep parts of large rivers with moderate to swift current (Ref. 59043). Found mainly near the shore over sand and mud. Usually solitary, but swarms when hibernating or during spawning migrations. Occasionally forms schools (Ref. 3241). Feeds on benthic molluscs, crustaceans and small fishes. Spawns on stone or gravel bottom in large and deep rivers with strong current, 1-1.5 m/s (Ref. 59043). Mainly propagated through artificial reproduction.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva

Under the name A. g. colchicus. Spawns in rivers. Natural spawning not extensive, maintained chiefly by artificial propagation. Enters rivers from April to June (a few in autumn).

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Sokolov, L.I. and L.S. Berdicheskii, 1989. Acipenseridae. p. 150-153. In J. Holcík (ed.) The freshwater fishes of Europe. Vol. 1, Part II. General introduction to fishes Acipenseriformes. AULA-Verlag Wiesbaden. 469 p. (Ref. 9953)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Critically Endangered (CR) (A2bcde); Date assessed: 14 September 2019

CITES (Ref. 128078)


Threat to humans

  Harmless




Human uses

Pesquerías: comercial; Acuicultura: comercial; Acuario: Acuarios públicos
FAO(Aquaculture systems: producción; pesquerías: producción, species profile; publication : search) | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 10.7 - 15.9, mean 13.8 (based on 32 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00437 (0.00268 - 0.00711), b=3.12 (2.99 - 3.25), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.3   ±0.1 se; based on diet studies.
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Muy bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo superior a 14 años (tm=11; Fec = 26,000).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Very high vulnerability (87 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  High vulnerability (62 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.