Russian sturgeon
(Acipenser gueldenstaedtii)

Classification

Species: Acipenser gueldenstaedtii
Genus: Acipenser - Greater sturgeons
Family: Acipenseridae - Sturgeons
Order: Acipenseriformes - Sturgeons and Paddlefish
Class: Chondrostei - Sturgeons
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes

General data

Scientific names: Russian sturgeon, Danube sturgeon, Diamond sturgeon
Habitat: Anadromous
Climates: Temperate, Continental
Native: Europe, Asia
Distribution: Volga, Ural, Caspian Sea, Dnieper, Dniester, Danube

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