Baikal sturgeon

Baikal sturgeon
Baikal sturgeon. Stamp of the Soviet Union. 1966
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acipenseriformes
Family:	Acipenseridae
Genus:	Acipenser
Species:	A. baerii
Subspecies:	A. b. baicalensis
Trinomial name
Acipenser baerii baicalensis A. M. Nikolskii, 1896

The Baikal sturgeon, Acipenser baerii baicalensis, is a sturgeon indigenous to Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia. It is a subspecies of the widely distributed Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baerii). It resides primarily in the northern end of the lake, making considerable movements along the shore, and migrating up the Selenga River to spawn. Not long ago, sturgeons weighing 125 kilograms were not uncommon. The Baikal Sturgeon is now listed as endangered.

References[]

• Sturgeon Specialist Group (1996). "Acipenser baerii ssp. baikalensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996. Retrieved 11 May 2006.old-form url Listed as Endangered (EN A1ace v2.3)
• "Acipenser baerii". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 30 January 2006.
• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2005). "Acipenser baerii" in FishBase. 10 2005 version.

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