Adriatic Sturgeon
Adriatic Sturgeon
Acipenser naccarii
Protected Status
ESA Endangered - Foreign
Throughout Its Range
CITES Appendix II
Throughout Its Range
Quick Facts
Weight
Up to 55 pounds
Lifespan
50 years
Length
6 feet
Threats
Habitat impediments (dams),
Habitat degradation,
Habitat loss,
Bycatch,
Chemical contaminants,
Entanglement
Location
Foreign
About the Species
The Adriatic sturgeon is found in the Adriatic sea and the Po River in Italy. Under the Endangered Species Act, NOAA Fisheries must list threatened and endangered marine species regardless of where they are found. Adriatic sturgeon is listed as endangered throughout its range under the ESA.
Status
Adriatic sturgeon used to be widespread in the Adriatic Sea and may have occurred off the Iberian Peninsula. The only remaining spawning sites are at the confluences of the Po River and its tributaries in Italy, but the last known natural spawning occurred in the early 1980s. Population size is thought to have declined by at least 80 percent over the past three generations.
ESA Endangered - Foreign
- Throughout Its Range
CITES Appendix II
- Throughout Its Range
Scientific Classification
| Kingdom | Animalia | Phylum | Chordata | Class | Actinopterygii | Order | Acipenseriformes | Family | Acipenseridae | Genus | Acipenser | Species | naccarii |
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