Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Actinopterygii > Order: Acipenseriformes > Family: Acipenseridae > Genus: Acipenser > Species: Acipenser transmontanus

White sturgeon - Acipenser transmontanus Richardson, 1836

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Threat status Europe	Not evaluated (IUCN)
Protected by	EU Habitats Directive and 1 other international agreement

Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Least Concern

Europe

Not evaluated

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

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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.

Good: the species is viable and maintaining itself on a long-term basis, its natural range is not reduced, and it has a sufficient large habitat.
Poor: the species is not as critical as being unfavourable-bad, but still requires significant conservation and restoration measure to make it viable in the long-term, or to enlarged its current range, or to improve the quality and availability of its habitat.
Bad: the species is either not maintaining itself on a long-term basis and is not viable, or its natural range as been or is being drastically reduced, or its habitat is largely insufficient; the species requires major conservation and restoration measures.
Unknown: the information available for the species is scarce and does not allow a proper assessment of its conservation status.

Natura 2000 sites

Not available

Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	Conditions	More information
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)	Annex IV: animal and plant species of community interest in need of strict protection.	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 International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)	Annex II: (a) all species which, although not necessarily now threatened with extinction, may become so unless trade in specimens of such species is subject to strict regulation in order to avoid utilization incompatible with their survival; and (b) other species which must be subject to regulation in order that trade in specimens of certain species referred to in sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph may be brought under effective control.	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).	http://www.cites.org/eng

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Esturgeon blanc	French	Fishbase
Esturjão-branco	Portuguese	Fishbase
Jesiotr amerykanski	Polish	Fishbase
Pacific steur	Dutch	Fishbase
Sacramentostör	German	Fishbase
Storione bianco	Italian	Fishbase
Valkosampi	Finnish	Fishbase
Valkosilmäkuha	Finnish	Fishbase
weißer Stör	German	Fishbase
White sturgeon	English	Fishbase

Synonym	Author
Acipenser aleutensis	Fitzinger, 1836

Other resources

CoL (accepted name)	Catalogue of Life
Fauna Europaea search	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 transmontanus	European Network on Invasive Alien Species
Species+	Species+ by UNEP-WCMC
Wikipedia	Wikipedia
WoRMS	World Register of Marine Species

External data

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