Acipenser dabryanus, Yangtze sturgeon : fisheries

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Acipenser dabryanus Duméril, 1869

Yangtze sturgeon
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Chondrostei (sturgeons) > Acipenseriformes (Sturgeons and paddlefishes) > Acipenseridae (Sturgeons)
Etymology: Acipenser: Latin, acipenser = sturgeon, 1853 (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Claude-Philibert Dabry de Thiersant (1826–1898) was French consul at Hankow (one of the three cities whose merging formed modern-day Wuhan, China) and an amateur naturalist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Duméril.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; demersal; anadromous (Ref. 51243), usually 8 - 10 m (Ref. 93286). Temperate

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Asia: China in Yangtze River system (Ref. 4537) and Korea (Ref. 12218). Endangered, close to extinction (Ref. 6866).

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 106.0  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 250 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 38401); common length : 31.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 35840)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 40 - 49; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 27 - 30. Snout short and pointed; lips with small papilla; barbels 2 pairs and situated in belly of snout; body covered with 5 rows of ganoid scales and skin between scales rough (Ref. 45563).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Birstein, V.J., 1993. Sturgeons and paddlefishes: threatened fishes in need of conservation. Conserv. Biol. 7:773-787. (Ref. 6866)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

  Extinct in the Wild (EW) ; Date assessed: 14 September 2019

CITES

Appendix II: International trade monitored

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: commercial
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