Common name : Star sturgeon
Scientific name : Acipenser stellatus
Family : Acipenseridae
Native to : Black, Azov,Caspian and Aegean Sea basins
Interesting fact : It is anadromous,living in the sea and migrating up rivers to spawn.
Conservation status : Critically Endangered
Stellate sturgeons have slim, greyish-green or brown bodies with pale bellies. Their snouts are long, thin and straight with a row of five small barbells close to their mouths and 30-40 pale scales on the lateral line. This fish grows up to 220 cm long and weighs up to 80 kg. It feeds at night on fish, worms, crustaceans and molluscs. Its lifespan is 27 years.
