One of the 3 sturgeons on WAnimals
Bony fish · Acipenseriformes · Acipenseridae
Acipenser sturio
At extremely high risk of imminent extinction in the wild.
It has been reduced to a single naturally breeding population in the Gironde-Garonne-Dordogne basin in France, every other European population having died out.
Weight
up to 400 kg
Size
up to 6 m
Life expectancy
50 years
Diet
Carnivore
Feeds mainly on other animals.
Activity
Nocturnal
Active mainly at night.
Social structure
Solitary
Lives and hunts alone, joining others only to breed.
AI-generated images: illustrations, not photographs.
Sources consulted: IGB Berlin · Pond Life · NOAA Fisheries · FishBase · Animalia.bio · AnAge (genomics.senescence.info) · A-Z Animals (Sturgeon)
Parks and dive sites where this species has been documented — showing 10 of 13.
Other species in the catalogue with the most in common with Sturgeon — same habitat, park, country, tags or family.
The sturgeon is classified as critically endangered. Organisations such as the IUCN, WWF and the Wildlife Conservation Society work specifically on its conservation and that of its habitat; looking into their programmes is a good starting point if you want to get involved.
It's documented in 6 protected areas — one reason why protecting these places matters for its conservation.
Based on what we already know about sturgeon.
The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.
