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Acipenser stellatus in Czech Republic
Starry sturgeon

Acipenser stellatus Pallas, 1771
Family:	Acipenseridae (Sturgeons) , subfamily: Acipenserinae	picture (Acste_u1.jpg) by JJPhoto
Order:	Acipenseriformes (sturgeons and paddlefishes)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Starry sturgeon
Max. size:	220 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 9988); max. published weight: 80.0 kg (Ref. 9988); max. reported age: 27 years
Environment:	demersal; anadromous ; depth range 10 - 100 m
Climate:	temperate; 10 - 20°C; 61°N - 36°N
Global Importance:	fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: commercial; aquarium: public aquariums
Resilience:	Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (K=0.06; tm=9; tmax=27; Fec=20,000-360,000)
Distribution:	Europe, Former USSR and Asia: Basins of the Black, Azov, and Caspian seas; rare in Adriatic Sea. Status intermediate; artificially propagated (Ref. 6866). Appendix III of the Bern Convention (protected fauna). International trade restricted (CITES II, since 1.4.98; CMS Appendix II). Maybe extinct in Aegean sea (Ref. 42845). Occurrence in Evros or Maritza River along the coasts of North Aegean Sea is doubtful (Ref. 41624).
Diagnosis:	Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 40-46; Anal soft rays: 24-29. Snout long, pointed at tip. Lower lip not continuous, interrupted at center. Barbels short not reaching mouth but nearer to it than to tip of snout. Five rows of scutes, dorsal 11-14, lateral 30-36 on each side, ventral 10-11 on each side, with small bony stellate plates and smaller grains between main scute rows. Back dark grey to almost black, flanks lighter, belly white.
Biology:	Found mainly near shore over sand and mud, stays at the bottom during the day and rises to the surface to feed at night. Feeds mainly on fish, also mollusks, crustaceans and worms (Ref. 3193). One of the three most important species for caviar; also utilized fresh and frozen; eaten pan-fried, broiled and baked (Ref. 9988)
Threatened:	Endangered, see IUCN Red List (A2d) , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
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Main Ref:	Bauchot, M.-L.. 1987. (Ref. 3397)
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Common names:	Jeseter hvězdnatý, Jeseter hvezdnatý	Ref: Baruš, V. and O. Oliva (eds.), 1995
Status:	extirpated	Ref: Gerstmeier, R. and T. Romig, 1998
Salinity:	freshwater
Aquaculture:		Ref:
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Also Ref. 54732.
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ez.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences Point map
Main Ref:	Blanc, M., J.-L. Gaudet, P. Banarescu and J.-C. Hureau, 1971
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