FB-2504 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2504 Animalia Chordata Chondrostei Acipenseriformes Acipenseridae Acipenser Acipenser naccarii Bonaparte, 1836 Jesiotr adriatycki Esturjão Esturjão-adriátici Blini i Adriatikut Blini i bardhe Blini i bardhë Blini i Drinit Jeseter jadranský Adriatisk stør Adriastör Mittelmeerstör Adriatic sturgeon Aadria tuur Välimerensampi Esturgeon de l'Adriatique Jadranska jesetra Jesetra tuponoska Storione cobice Storione del Naccari Storione di Naccari Storione reale Adriaticheskyi osetr Jadranska jesetra Jesetra tuponoska Adriatisk stör Осетер адріатичний Esturión del Adriático Jadranski jeseter Xyrychi Adriatikis Μουρούνα Ξυρύχι Aδριατικής Στουριόνι 亚德里亚鲟 亚德里亚鲟(纳氏鲟) 意大利鲟 納氏鱘 纳氏鲟 Accipenser lutescens Rafinesque, 1820 Acipenser heckelii Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 Acipenser heckelii Fitzinger, 1836 Acipenser ladanus Nardo, 1847 Acipenser ladanus Ninni, 1872 Acipenser naccari Bonaparte, 1836 Acipenser nardoi Heckel, 1851 Acipenser nasus Heckel, 1847 Acipenser platycephalus Heckel, 1836 Acipenser sturionaster Brusina, 1902 Acipenser sturionellus Nardo, 1860 Huso naccarii (Bonaparte, 1836) 1991-03-19 2013-04-17 Muus, B.J. and P. 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Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged John E. Randall General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2504 http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Acnac_u0.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Acnac_u0.gif FB-pic-2504-18795 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/gif FAO 1998-12-22 1998-12-22 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2504 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Acnac_u1.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Acnac_u1.gif FB-GeneralDescr-2504 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1991-03-19 00:00:00 2025-10-21 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2504 Occurs in the sea close to shore and estuaries, not entering pure marine waters. In freshwater, it inhabits large deep rivers (Ref. 59043). A long-lived species which is found mainly over sand and mud. Feeds on bottom-living invertebrates and small fishes. Reproduction takes place from May to July. Is threatened by habitat destruction, pollution and overfishing (Ref. 26100). The flesh is used for food (Ref. 6866) and eggs used for caviar production (Ref. 128183). Kottelat, M. and J. Freyhof 2007 Handbook of European freshwater fishes. Publications Kottelat, Cornol and Freyhof, Berlin. 646 pp. (Ref. 59043) FB-DiagnosticDescr-2504 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1991-03-19 00:00:00 2017-11-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2504 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Snout moderate, very broad and rounded at tip. Lower lip continuous, interrupted at center. Barbels nearer to tip of snout than to mouth and not touching it. Five rows of scutes, dorsal 10-14 (the middle ones deeper and usually larger than those at front), lateral 32-42 on each side, ventral 8-11 on each side, with no smaller plates between dorsal and lateral rows. Back is olivaceous brown, flanks lighter, belly white. Fischer, W., M.-L. Bauchot and M. Schneider (eds.) 1987 Fiches FAO d'identification des espèces pour les besoins de la pêche. (Révision 1). Méditerranée et mer Noire. Zone de Pêche 37. FAO, Rome. 1529 p. FB-Morphology-2504 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1991-03-19 00:00:00 2017-11-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2504 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 36 - 48; Analsoft rays: 24 - 31 Fischer, W., M.-L. Bauchot and M. Schneider (eds.) 1987 Fiches FAO d'identification des espèces pour les besoins de la pêche. (Révision 1). Méditerranée et mer Noire. Zone de Pêche 37. FAO, Rome. 1529 p. FB-Distribution-2504 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1991-03-19 00:00:00 2025-11-12 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2504 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#LifeCycle Europe: Adriatic Sea and its tributaries between Po (Italy) and Buna (Albania) drainages. Recorded from Corfu; present in lowermost part of Adriatic rivers from Soca to Drin. Records from Tyrrhenian slope of Italy, Spain and France are erroneous. Kottelat, M. and J. Freyhof 2007 Handbook of European freshwater fishes. Publications Kottelat, Cornol and Freyhof, Berlin. 646 pp. (Ref. 59043) FB-Uses-2504 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1991-03-19 00:00:00 2025-10-21 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2504 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#TrophicStrategy fisheries: commercial Crivelli, A.J. 1996 The freshwater fish endemic to the Mediterranean region. An action plan for their conservation. Tour du Valat Publication, 171 p. (Ref. 26100) FB-Migration-2504 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1991-03-19 00:00:00 2025-10-21 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2504 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Anadromous. Fish that ascend rivers to spawn, as salmon and hilsa do. Sub-division of diadromous. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km. Lassalle, G., M. Béguer, L. Baulaton and E. Rochard 2009 Learning from the past to predict the future: Responses of European diadromous fish to climate change. Amer. Fish. Soc. Symp. 69:175-193. (Ref. 138126) FB-LifeCycle-2504 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1991-03-19 00:00:00 2025-10-21 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=2504&StockCode=2698 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Enters rivers from March to May, and presumably spawns then. Svetovidov, A.N. 1984 Acipenseridae. p. 220-225. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. vol. 1. (Ref. 3193) FB-Size-2504 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1991-03-19 00:00:00 2025-10-21 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2504 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat 200 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 3397)); max. published weight: 25.0 kg (Ref. 3193) Bauchot, M.-L. 1987 Poissons osseux. p. 891-1421. In W. Fischer, M.L. Bauchot and M. Schneider (eds.) Fiches FAO d'identification pour les besoins de la pêche. (rev. 1). Méditerranée et mer Noire. Zone de pêche 37. Vol. II. Commission des Communautés Européennes and FAO, Rome. (Ref. 3397) Svetovidov, A.N. 1984 Acipenseridae. p. 220-225. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. vol. 1. (Ref. 3193) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ John E. Randall General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-2504 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1991-03-19 00:00:00 2025-10-21 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2504 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution demersal; anadromous (Ref. 138126); freshwater; brackish; marine; depth range 10 - 40 m (Ref. 93286) Lassalle, G., M. Béguer, L. Baulaton and E. 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