Acipenser sturio Linnaeus 1758
- Dataset
- Updated checklist of marine fishes (Chordata: Craniata) from Portugal and the proposed extension of the Portuguese continental shelf
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Acipenseriformes
- family
- Acipenseridae
- genus
- Acipenser
- species
- Acipenser sturio
distribution
The last known records of sturgeon in Portugal refer to the presence of small specimens (20 - 30 cm long), during the early 1980 s, in the lower Guadiana (Almaça 1988). The species is considered extinct (Rogado et al. 2005). In Portugal there are specimens of A. sturio only in museums and in captivity. For these reasons, A. sturio was not counted in the total number of species in the current list.
vernacular_names
– Sturgeon; Esturjão, Esturgião, Peixe-rei, Soilho or Sôlho-rei
Name
- Homonyms
- Acipenser sturio Linnaeus 1758