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Chondrostei (sturgeons) > Acipenseriformes (Sturgeons and paddlefishes) > Acipenseridae (Sturgeons) > Acipenserinae
Etymology: Acipenser: Latin, acipenser = sturgeon, 1853 (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Hilgendorf.

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

Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; anadromous (Ref. 51243). Temperate; 56°N - 33°N, 125°E - 145°E (Ref. 54262)

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Northwest Pacific: Bering Sea, Tumnin (Datta) river, to northern Japan and Korea. This species was formerly regarded to be a population of Acipenser medirostris (Ref. 6866).

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 150 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 12218)

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 33 - 40; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 22 - 30. Body shields in 5 rows; dorsal shields 7 to 11, lateral 22 to 36 and ventral 10.

Commercially cultured in Japan (Ref. 6866). From April to May adults feed in fresh water and return to the ocean during the fall (Ref. 12218). Generation time: 15 years (Ref. 116373).

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Eggs are laid from April to August under the substrate in sandy areas (Ref. 12218).

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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)

Critically Endangered (CR) (A2bc; C2a(i,ii)); Date assessed: 14 September 2019

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Appendix II: International trade monitored

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Appendix II: Migratory species conserved through agreements

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial; aquaculture: commercial

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 13.6 - 20.1, mean 18.3 °C (based on 34 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00324 (0.00142 - 0.00736), b=3.17 (2.99 - 3.35), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.3 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Very high vulnerability (90 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Acipenser mikadoi Hilgendorf, 1892