Sterlet
(Acipenser ruthenus)

Classification

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

General data

Scientific names: Sterlet
Habitat: Freshwater
Climates: Temperate, Continental, Subpolar
Native: Europe, Asia
Distribution: Volga, Northern Dvina, Mezen, River Ob, Yenisey, Caspian Sea, Dnieper, Danube

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