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Sinosturio sinensis (Gray, 1835)
Chinese sturgeon
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Chondrostei (sturgeons) > Acipenseriformes (Sturgeons and paddlefishes) > Acipenseridae (Sturgeons)
More on author: Gray.
More on author: Gray.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; anadromous (Ref. 51243). Temperate; 35°N - 2°S, 97°W - 132°E (Ref. 54266)
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Northwest Pacific: China and Japan (Sagami Sea) (Ref. 4537). Reported from Korea (Ref. 12218). Pearl River and Chinese sea (Ref. 42845).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 346 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 52325); common length : 39.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 35840); max. published weight: 600.0 kg (Ref. 47439); max. reported age: 33 years (Ref. 52325)
Max length : 346 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 52325); common length : 39.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 35840); max. published weight: 600.0 kg (Ref. 47439); max. reported age: 33 years (Ref. 52325)
Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 50 - 57; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 32 - 40. Body shields in 5 rows; dorsal shields 10 to 17.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Fry can be found in slow moving waters, adults in deep waters (Ref. 12218). Used in Chinese medicine (Ref. 12166). Reported to reach a length of more than 3 meters (Ref. 109736).
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Main reference
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Birstein, V.J., 1993. Sturgeons and paddlefishes: threatened fishes in need of conservation. Conserv. Biol. 7:773-787. (Ref. 6866)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Critically Endangered (CR) (A2bc); Date assessed: 15 September 2019
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
FAO - Fisheries: species profile; Publication: search | FishSource |
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