Fish Identification

Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Chondrostei
Order: Acipenseriformes
Family: Acipenseridae Sturgeons

Genus: Sinosturio

(See list of species below)


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7 species (see list below)
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Asia
Max. Length 250 cm TL
Sinosturio dabryanus (Duméril, 1869)
Photo by CAFS
 
Sinosturio dabryanus
[Yangtze sturgeon]
Photo by CAFS

Asia
Max. Length 560 cm TL
Sinosturio dauricus (Georgi, 1775)
Photo by CAFS
 
Sinosturio dauricus
[Kaluga]
Photo by Gotshall, D.W.

North America
Max. Length 270 cm TL
Sinosturio medirostris (Ayres, 1854)
Photo by Gotshall, D.W.
 
Sinosturio medirostris
[Green sturgeon]
Photo by Chernyak, A.

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 150 cm TL
Sinosturio mikadoi (Hilgendorf, 1892)
Photo by Chernyak, A.
 
Sinosturio mikadoi
[Sakhalin sturgeon]
Photo by CAFS

Asia
Max. Length 300 cm TL
Sinosturio schrenckii (Brandt, 1869)
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Sinosturio schrenckii
[Amur sturgeon]
Photo by CAFS

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 346 cm TL
Sinosturio sinensis (Gray, 1835)
Photo by CAFS
 
Sinosturio sinensis
[Chinese sturgeon]
Photo by Østergaard, T.

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 610 cm TL
Sinosturio transmontanus (Richardson, 1836)
Photo by Østergaard, T.
 
Sinosturio transmontanus
[White sturgeon]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Sinosturio dabryanus Yangtze sturgeon Asia 250 TL 1869
Sinosturio dauricus Kaluga Asia 560 TL 1775
Sinosturio medirostris Green sturgeon North America 270 TL 1854
Sinosturio mikadoi Sakhalin sturgeon Northwest Pacific 150 TL 1892
Sinosturio schrenckii Amur sturgeon Asia 300 TL 1869
Sinosturio sinensis Chinese sturgeon Northwest Pacific 346 TL 1835
Sinosturio transmontanus White sturgeon Eastern Pacific 610 TL 1836



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