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Acipenser sinensis Gray, 1835

Chinese sturgeon
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Korea (South) country information

Common names: 철갑상어
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Found in Yeosoo (=Yosu) (Ref. 12218); recorded in southwestern Korea (Ref. 45563). Also Ref. 77001.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ks.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Chyung, M.-K., 1977
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes(Släkte, Arter) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Acipenseriformes (Sturgeons and paddlefishes) > Acipenseridae (Sturgeons) > Acipenserinae
Etymology: Acipenser: Latin, acipenser = sturgeon, 1853 (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Gray.

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

marina; sötvatten; brackvatten bottenlevande; anadrom (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 / Vikt / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 346 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 52325); common length : 39.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 35840); publicerad maxvikt: 600.0 kg (Ref. 47439); rapporterad maxålder: 33 år (Ref. 52325)

Short description Bestämningsnycklar | Morfologi | Morfometri

Taggstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt) : 0; Mjukstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt) : 50 - 57; Taggstrålar i analfenan: 0; Mjukstrålar i analfenan: 32 - 40. Body shields in 5 rows; dorsal shields 10 to 17.

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

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).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproduktion | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larver

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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)

  Critically Endangered (CR) (A2bc); Date assessed: 15 September 2019

CITES (Ref. 128078)


Threat to humans

  Harmless




Human uses

Fiskeri: kommersiell
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 15.6 - 26.5, mean 23.5 (based on 180 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00324 (0.00142 - 0.00736), b=3.17 (2.99 - 3.35), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trofisk nivå (Ref. 69278):  3.5   ±0.37 se; based on food items.
Resiliens (Ref. 120179):  Mycket låg, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid mer än 14 år (Tm=9-26; Tmax=33).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Very high vulnerability (79 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.