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Acipenser ruthenus Prague Vltava 4

Source: Karelj (CC BY-SA)

Scientific name	Acipenser ruthenus	Taxonomic rank	Species
Author	Linnaeus, 1758	Valid name	yes

Taxonomic information		Reference
Kingdom	Animalia	PESI webservices (simplified taxonony) (2012)
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Actinopterygii
Order	Acipenseriformes
Family	Acipenseridae
Genus	Acipenser

GBIF page

IUCN Red List page

WoRMS page

N2000 code: 2487

Conservation status 2006 (art. 17)

NOBANIS: Acipenser ruthenus

ITIS:161079 (valid)

UNEP-WCMC page

CoL: accepted name

FishBase: 4604

Wikipedia:Sterlet

Habitats Directive Art. 17-2006 summary

PESI page (Accepted)

Area	Status	International threat code	Reference
Europe	Vulnerable	VU	Benigno elvira (2000)
Caspian and Black Sea drainage stock	Vulnerable	VU	IUCN (2000)
Rivers Irtysh, Ob and Yenisei subpopulation	Vulnerable	VU	IUCN (2000)
World	Vulnerable	VU	IUCN (2000)
World	Vulnerable	VU	IUCN (2004)
Europe	Vulnerable	VU	IUCN (2011)

Title:	Fishbase web application (version february 2002)
Author:	Fishbase
Publisher:
Publication date:	2002
Url:	http://www.fishbase.org/

Scientific name	Author
Acipenser (Sterletus) kankreni	Duméril (ex Valenciennes), 1870
Acipenser helenae	Duméril (ex Valenciennes), 1870
Acipenser kostera	Fitzinger, 1832
Acipenser marsiglii	Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833
Acipenser kamensis	Lovetzky, 1834
Acipenser gmelini	Fitzinger, 1836
Acipenser lovetzkyi	Duméril, 1870
Acipenser kankreni	Duméril, 1870
Acipenser jenisensis	Herzenstein, 1895
Acipenser ruthenicus	Brusina, 1902
Acipenser sterlet	Brusina, 1902
Acipenser dubius	Brusina, 1902
Acipenser ruthensis	Linnaeus, 1758
Acipenser pygmaeus	Pallas, 1814
Acipenser ruthenus sibiricus	Dybowski, 1874
Acipenser ruthenus ruzskyi	Ioganzen, 1946
Acipenser ruthenus leucotica	Brandt, 1851
Acipenser ruthenus grisescens	Brandt, 1851
Sterledus ruthenus sibiricus	Dybowski, 1874
Acipenser ruthenus albinea	Brusina, 1902
Acipenser ruthenus birostrata	Brusina, 1902
Acipenser ruthenus obtusirostris	Brusina, 1902
Acipenser ruthenus septemcarinata	Brusina, 1902
Acipenser ruthenus alba	Antipa, 1909
Acipenser ruthenus erytraea	Antipa, 1909
Acipenser ruthenus brevirostris	Antipa, 1909

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