European sea sturgeon
(Acipenser sturio)

Classification

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

General data

Scientific names: European sea sturgeon, Common sturgeon, European sea sturgeon
Habitat: Anadromous
Climates: Temperate, Continental, Subpolar
Native: Europe, Asia
Distribution: Narva, Garonne, Black sea, Rhine, Meuse (Maas), Vjosa, Mediterranean Sea, Atlantic Ocean, Santee River

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