Baikal sturgeon - Acipenser baerii Brandt, 1869
Quick facts
Threat status Europe | Not evaluated (IUCN) |
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Protected by | EU Habitats Directive and 6 other international agreements |
Distribution
Threat and conservation status
IUCN Red List status of threatened species
The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.
World
Endangered
Europe
Not evaluated
EU
Not evaluated
EU conservation status
Conservation status assesses every six years and for each biogeographical region the condition of habitats and species compared to the favourable status as described in the Habitats Directive. The map shows the 2013-2018 assessments as reported by EU Member State. Assessments are further detailed in the summary document available behind the link below.
Legal status
Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements
Legal text | Annex | Conditions | More information |
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Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007 (EU Habitats Directive) | Not mentioned as such in the Directive but as higher taxon (genus, family or order) | http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm | |
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals. (Bonn Convention) | The appendix refers to the subspecies Acipenser baerii baicalensis. | http://www.cms.int/ | |
Synonym for this species is listed in Appendix II of the Bonn Convention (CMS). See there for more details. | |||
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) | Whole Order ACIPENSERIFORMES is concerned by Appendix II (Except the species included in Appendix I). | http://www.cites.org/eng | |
Synonym for this species is listed in CITES. See there for more details. | |||
This species or synonym is not listed in CITES but the whole Order ACIPENSERIFORMES is concerned by Appendix II (Except the species included in Appendix I). |
Common names and synonyms
Common Name | Language | Reference |
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Baikal sturgeon | English | Fishbase |
Esturgeon sibérien | French | Fishbase |
Jesiotr syberyjski | Polish | Fishbase |
Lena River sturgeon | English | Fishbase |
Long-nosed Siberian sturgeon | English | Fishbase |
Siberian sturgeon | English | Fishbase |
Sibirischer Stör | German | Fishbase |
Sibirisk stör | Swedish | Fishbase |
Sibirsk stør | Norwegian | Fishbase |
Siperiansampi | Finnish | Fishbase |
Sturion de Siberia | Romanian | Fishbase |
Synonym | Author |
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Acipenser baerii baerii | Brandt, 1869 |
Acipenser baerii baicalensis | Nikolskii, 1896 |
Acipenser baerii stenorrhynchus | Nikolskii, 1896 |
Other resources
CoL (accepted name) | Catalogue of Life |
Fauna Europaea | Fauna Europaea |
FishBase | FishBase |
GBIF | Global Biodiversity Information Facility |
ITIS (Valid name) | Interagency Taxonomic Information System |
NCBI search | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
NOBANIS: Acipenser baerii | European Network on Invasive Alien Species |
PESI (Accepted) | Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure |
Species+ | Species+ by UNEP-WCMC |
WoRMS | World Register of Marine Species |