| Reference no. | Krykhtin, M.L. and V.G. Svirskii, 1997 |
| Ecosystem | Amur |
| Status | endemic |
| Abundance | fairly common (chances are about 50%) |
| Lifestage | juv./adults |
| Regional database | |
| Remarks | In 1997, the size of the estuary population of Amur sturgeon was relatively low: about 3,000 fish were older than 2 years. The Zeya and Bureya population (Russian banks of the Amur River) was extremely small and on the verge of extinction (Ref. 40142). |