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Sturgeon
Acipenser oxyrhynchus.jpg
Atlantic sturgeon
(Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus)
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Acipenseridae

Bonaparte, 1831
Subfamilies

Acipenserinae
Scaphirhynchinae
See text for genera and species.

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Beluga sturgeon in an aquarium.

Sturgeon is the common name for the 27 species of fish belonging to the family Acipenseridae. Their evolution dates back to the Triassic some 245 to 208 million years ago.[2] The family is grouped into four genera: Acipenser, Huso, Scaphirhynchus and Pseudoscaphirhynchus. Four species may now be extinct.[3] Two closely related species, Polyodon spathula (paddlefish) and Psephurus gladius (Chinese paddlefish, possibly extinct) are of the same order, Acipenseriformes, but are in the family Polyodontidae and are not considered to be "true" sturgeons. Both sturgeons and paddlefish have been referred to as "primitive fishes" because their morphological characteristics have remained relatively unchanged since the earliest fossil record.[4][5] Sturgeons are native to subtropical, temperate and sub-Arctic rivers, lakes and coastlines of Eurasia and North America.[6]

Sturgeons are long-lived, late-maturing fishes with distinctive characteristics, such as a heterocercal caudal fin similar to that of sharks, and an elongated spindle-like body that is smooth-skinned, scaleless and armored with 5 lateral rows of bony plates called scutes. Several species can grow quite large, typically ranging 7–12 feet (2-3½ m) in length. The largest sturgeon on record was a Beluga female captured in the Volga estuary in 1827, weighing 1,571 kg (3,463 lb) and 7.2 m (24 ft) long. Most sturgeons are anadromous bottom-feeders which migrate upstream to spawn but spend most of their lives feeding in river deltas and estuaries. Some species inhabit freshwater environments exclusively while others primarily inhabit marine environments near coastal areas, and are known to venture into open ocean.

Several species of sturgeon are harvested for their roe which is processed into caviar—a luxury food and the reason why caviar producing sturgeons are among the most valuable of all wildlife resources.[7] They are particularly vulnerable to overexploitation and other threats, including pollution and habitat fragmentation. Most species of sturgeon are considered to be at risk of extinction, making them more critically endangered than any other group of species.[8]

Evolution

Acipenseriform fishes appeared in the fossil record some 245 to 208 million years ago presumably near the end of the Triassic, making them among the most ancient of actinopterygian fishes. True sturgeons appear in the fossil record during the Upper Cretaceous. In that time, sturgeons have undergone remarkably little morphological change, indicating their evolution has been exceptionally slow and earning them informal status as living fossils.[9][10] This is explained in part by the long generation interval, tolerance for wide ranges of temperature and salinity, lack of predators due to size and bony plated armor, or scutes, and the abundance of prey items in the benthic environment. Although their evolution has been remarkably slow, they are a highly evolved living fossil, and do not closely resemble their ancestral chondrosteans. They do however still share several primitive characteristics, such as heterocercal tail, reduced squamation, more fin rays than supporting bony elements, and unique jaw suspension.[11]

Despite the existence of a fossil record, full classification and phylogeny of the sturgeon species has been difficult to determine, in part due to the high individual and ontogenic variation, including geographical clines in certain features, such as rostrum shape, number of scutes and body length. A further confounding factor is the peculiar ability of sturgeons to produce reproductively viable hybrids, even between species assigned to different genera. While ray-finned fishes have a long evolutionary history culminating in our most familiar fishes, past adaptive radiations have left only a few survivors, like sturgeons and garfish.[12]

The wide range of the acipenserids and their endangered status have made collection of systematic materials difficult. These factors have led researchers in the past to identify over 40 additional species that were rejected by later scientists.[13] It is still unclear whether the species in the Acipenser and Huso genera are monophyletic (descended from one ancestor) or paraphyletic (descended from many ancestors)—though it is clear that the morphologically motivated division between these two genera is not supported by the genetic evidence. There is an ongoing effort to resolve the taxonomic confusion using a continuing synthesis of systematic data and molecular techniques.[10][14]

Physical characteristics

Sturgeon skull - a, Rostrum; b, nasal capsule; c eye-socket; d, foramina for spinal nerves; e, notochord; g, quadrate bone; h, hyomandibular bone; i, mandible; j. basibranchials; k, ribs; l, hyoid bone; I, II, III, IV, V, branchial arches.

Sturgeons retain several primitive characters among the bony fishes. Along with other members of the subclass Chondrostei, they are unique among bony fishes because the skeleton is almost entirely cartilaginous. Notably, however, the cartilagineous skeleton is not a primitive character, but a derived one: sturgeon ancestors had bony skeletons.[11][15][16] They also lack vertebral centra, and are partially covered with bony plates called scutes rather than scales. They also have four barbels—sensory organs that precede their wide, toothless mouths. They navigate their riverine habitats traveling just off the bottom with their barbels dragging along gravel, or murky substrate. Sturgeon are recognizable for their elongated bodies, flattened rostra, distinctive scutes and barbels, and elongated upper tail lobes. The skeletal support for the paired fins of ray-finned fish is inside the body wall, although the ray-like structures in the webbing of the fins can be seen externally.

Sturgeon have been referred to as both the Leviathans and Methuselahs of freshwater fish. They are among the largest fish: some beluga (Huso huso) in the Caspian Sea reportedly attain over 5.5 m (18 ft) and 2000 kg[17] (4400 lb) while for kaluga (H. dauricus) in the Amur River, similar lengths and over 1000 kg (2200 lb) weights have been reported.[18] They are also among the longest-lived of the fishes, some living well over 100 years and attaining sexual maturity at 20 years or more.[19] The combination of slow growth and reproductive rates and the extremely high value placed on mature, egg-bearing females make sturgeon particularly vulnerable to overfishing.

Sturgeons are polyploid; some species have four, eight, or 16 sets of chromosomes.[20]

Life cycle

Sturgeons are long-lived, late maturing fishes. Their average lifespan is 50 to 60 years, and their first spawn does not occur until they are around 15 to 20 years old. Sturgeons are broadcast spawners, and do not spawn every year because they require specific conditions. Those requirements may or may not be met every year due to varying environmental conditions, such as the proper photoperiod in Spring, clear water with shallow rock or gravel substrate where the eggs can adhere, and proper water temperature and flow for oxygenation of the eggs. A single female may release 100,000 to 3 million eggs but not all will be fertilized. The fertilized eggs become sticky and will adhere to the bottom substrate upon contact. It takes 8–15 days for the embryos to mature into larval fish. During that time, they are dependent on their yolk saks for nourishment.[21][22] River currents carry the larvae downstream into backwater areas, such as oxbows and sloughs where the free-swimming fry will spend their first year feeding on insect larvae and crustacea. During their first year of growth, they will reach 18 to 20 cm (7 to 8 inches) in length and migrate back into the swift-flowing currents in the main stem river.

Range and habitat

Sturgeon range from subtropical to subarctic waters in North America and Eurasia. In North America, they range along the Atlantic Coast from the Gulf of Mexico to Newfoundland, including the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence, Missouri, and Mississippi Rivers, as well as along the West Coast in major rivers from California and Idaho to British Columbia. They occur along the European Atlantic coast, including the Mediterranean basin, especially in the Adriatic Sea and the rivers of North Italy;[23] in the rivers that flow into the Black, Azov, and Caspian Seas (Danube, Dnepr, Volga and Don); the north-flowing rivers of Russia that feed the Arctic Ocean (Ob, Yenisei, Lena, Kolyma); in the rivers of Central Asia (Amu Darya and Syr Darya) and Lake Baikal. In the Pacific Ocean, they are found in the Amur River along the Russian-Chinese border, on Sakhalin Island, and in the Yangtze and other rivers in northeast China.[19][24]

Throughout this extensive range, almost all species are highly threatened or vulnerable to extinction due to a combination of habitat destruction, overfishing, and pollution.[24]

No species are known to naturally occur south of the equator, though attempts at sturgeon aquaculture are being made in Uruguay, South Africa, and other places.[25]

Most species are at least partially anadromous, spawning in fresh water and feeding in nutrient-rich, brackish waters of estuaries or undergoing significant migrations along coastlines. However, some species have evolved purely freshwater existences, such as the lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) and the Baikal sturgeon (A. baerii baicalensis), or have been forced into them by anthropogenic or natural impoundment of their native rivers, as in the case of some subpopulations of white sturgeon (A. transmontanus) in the Columbia River[26] and Siberian sturgeon (A. baerii) in the Ob basin.[27]

Behavior

The underside and mouth of a sturgeon

Sturgeon are primarily benthic feeders, with a diet of shells, crustaceans and small fish. They feed by extending their syphon-like mouths to suck food from the benthos. Having no teeth, they are unable to seize prey, though larger individuals can swallow very large prey items, including whole salmon.[28] Sturgeons feed non-visually. They are believed to use a combination of sensors, including olfactory, tactile and chemosensory cues detected by the four barbels, and electroreception using their ampullae of Lorenzini.[29]

The sturgeons' electroreceptors are located on the head and are sensitive to weak electric fields generated by other animals or geoelectric sources.[30] The electroreceptors are thought to be used in various behaviors such as feeding, mating and migration.[29]

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...in May, June and July, the rivers abound with them, at which time it is surprising, though very common to see such large fish elated in the air, by their leaping some yards out of the water; this they do in an erect posture, and fall on their sides, which repeated percussions are loudly heard some miles distance....[31]

Many sturgeon leap completely out the water,[32] usually making a loud splash which can be heard half a mile away on the surface and probably further under water. It is not known why they do this, but suggested functions include group communication to maintain group cohesion, catching airborne prey, courtship display, or to help shed eggs during spawning. Other plausible explanations include escape from predators, shedding parasites, or to gulp or expel air.[33] Another explanation is that it "simply feels good".[31] Leaping sturgeon are known to occasionally cause injuries to humans in boats;[34] in 2015, a 5-year-old girl died after a sturgeon leapt from the Suwannee River and struck her.[35]

Conservation status

Because of their long reproductive cycles, long migrations, and sensitivity to environmental conditions, many species are under severe threat from overfishing,[36] poaching, water pollution, and damming of rivers.[37] There is also a noticeable decline in sturgeon populations as the demand for caviar increases. According to the IUCN, over 85% of sturgeon species are classified as at risk of extinction, making them more critically endangered than any other group of species.[8][38]

A 2013 study on the critically endangered sturgeon populations in the Danube River Basin determined that ongoing illegal fishing activity and caviar trade is threatening the future of Danube sturgeons.[39] Jutta Jahrl, a conservation expert with the World Wildlife Federation stated that "Romania and Bulgaria are home to the only viable wild sturgeon populations left in the European Union, but unless this sophisticated illegal fishing is stopped, these fish are doomed”.[39]

Uses

Woman selling sturgeon at a market in Türkmenbaşy, Turkmenistan

Globally, sturgeon fisheries are of great value, primarily as a source for caviar, but also for flesh.

Before 1800, swim bladders of sturgeon (primarily Beluga sturgeon from Russia) were used as a source of isinglass, a form of collagen used historically for the clarification of wine and beer, as a predecessor for gelatin, and to preserve parchments.[40]

The Jewish law of kashrut, which only permits the consumption of fish with scales, forbids sturgeon, as they have ganoid scales instead of the permitted ctenoid and cycloid scales. While all Orthodox groups forbid the consumption of sturgeon, some conservative groups do allow it.[41][42] The theological debate over its kosher status can be traced back to such 19th-century reformers as Aron Chorin, though its consumption was already common in European Jewish communities.[43] It remains a high-end staple of many Jewish appetizing stores and some speciality food shops.

In England and Wales, the sturgeon, along with whales and porpoises, is a royal fish, and every sturgeon caught in those countries is the property of the Crown.

Classification

In currently accepted taxonomy, the family Acipenseridae is subdivided into two subfamilies, Acipenserinae, including the genera Acipenser and Huso, and Scaphirhynchinae, including the genera Scaphirhynchus and Pseudosaphirhynchus.[24]

Subfamily Genera Image Species Common name Max reported Fish-
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Acipenserinae Acipenser Siberian sturgeon Acipenser baerii Siberian sturgeon 200 cm 210 kg 60 yrs [44] [45] EN IUCN 3 1.svg Endangered[46]
Acipenser brevirostrum (NY).jpg Acipenser brevirostrum Shortnose sturgeon 143 cm 23 kg 67 yrs [47] [48] EN IUCN 3 1.svg Endangered[49]
Acipenser dabryanus.jpg Acipenser dabryanus Yangtze sturgeon 250 cm [50] [51] CR IUCN 3 1.svg Critically endangered[52]
Acipenser fulvescens 1908.jpg Acipenser fulvescens Lake sturgeon 274 cm 125 kg 152 yrs [53] [54] VU IUCN 3 1.svg Vulnerable[55]
Acipenser gueldenstaedtii.jpg Acipenser gueldenstaedtii Russian sturgeon 236 cm 115 kg 46 yrs [56] [57] CR IUCN 3 1.svg Critically endangered[58]
Acipenser medirostris.jpg Acipenser medirostris Green sturgeon 250 cm 159 kg 60 yrs [59] [60] NT IUCN 3 1.svg Near threatened[61]
Acipenser mikadoi Sakhalin sturgeon 150 cm [62] [63] CR IUCN 3 1.svg Critically endangered[64]
Acipenser naccarii.jpg Acipenser naccarii Adriatic sturgeon 200 cm 25 kg [65] [66] CR IUCN 3 1.svg Critically endangered[67]
Acipenser nudiventris.jpg Acipenser nudiventris Fringebarbel sturgeon 200 cm 80 kg [68] [69] CR IUCN 3 1.svg Critically endangered[70]
Acipenser oxyrhynchus.jpg Acipenser oxyrinchus Atlantic or Gulf sturgeon 403 cm 60 yrs [71] [72] NT IUCN 3 1.svg Near threatened[73]
Acipenser persicus.jpg Acipenser persicus Persian sturgeon 242 cm 70 kg [74] CR IUCN 3 1.svg Critically endangered[75]
Acipenser ruthenus1.jpg Acipenser ruthenus Sterlet 125 cm 16 kg 20 yrs [76] [77] VU IUCN 3 1.svg Vulnerable[78]
Acipenser schrenckii Amur sturgeon 300 cm 190 kg 65 yrs [79] [80] CR IUCN 3 1.svg Critically endangered[81]
Acipenser sinensis.JPG Acipenser sinensis Chinese sturgeon 400 cm 600 kg 13 yrs [82] [83] CR IUCN 3 1.svg Critically endangered[84]
Acipenser stellatus.jpg Acipenser stellatus Starry sturgeon 220 cm 80 kg 27 yrs [85] [86] CR IUCN 3 1.svg Critically endangered[87]
Acipenser sturio.jpg Acipenser sturio European sea sturgeon 600 cm 400 kg 100 yrs [88] [89] CR IUCN 3 1.svg Critically endangered[90]
Acipenser transmontanus1.jpg Acipenser transmontanus White sturgeon 610 cm 816 kg 104 yrs [91] [92] LC IUCN 3 1.svg Least concern[93]
Huso Huso dauricus Kaluga sturgeon 560 cm 1000 kg 80 yrs [94] [95] CR IUCN 3 1.svg Critically endangered[96]
Huso huso viza.jpg Huso huso Beluga sturgeon 800 cm 1571 kg 118 yrs [97] [98] CR IUCN 3 1.svg Critically endangered[99]
Scaphi-
rhynchinae
Scaphi-
rhynchus
Scaphirhynchus albus.jpg Scaphirhynchus albus Pallid sturgeon 200 cm 130 kg 41 yrs [100] [101] EN IUCN 3 1.svg Endangered[102]
Scaphirhynchus platorynchus.jpg Scaphirhynchus platorynchus Shovelnose sturgeon 100 cm 7 kg 43 yrs [103] [104] VU IUCN 3 1.svg Vulnerable[105]
Scaphirhynchus suttkusi.jpg Scaphirhynchus suttkusi Alabama sturgeon [106] CR IUCN 3 1.svg Critically endangered[107]
Pseudo-
scaphi-
rhynchus
Pseudoscaphirhynchus fedtschenkoi.jpg Pseudoscaphirhynchus fedtschenkoi Syr Darya sturgeon 65 cm [108] CR IUCN 3 1.svg Critically endangered[109]
Pseudoscaphirhynchus hermanni Dwarf sturgeon 28 cm 0.5 kg 6 yrs [110] [111] CR IUCN 3 1.svg Critically endangered[112]
Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni Amu Darya sturgeon 75 cm 2 kg [113] [114] CR IUCN 3 1.svg Critically endangered[115]

Species

File:Young lake sturgeon.jpg
A young lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens)
European sturgeon (Huso huso) feeding on another fish
Pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus) showing siphoning feeding behaviour

Notes

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  32. Video of leaping sturgeon can be see at approximately 6:50
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