sturgeon
Acipenser sturio
IUCN Conservation Status: CR - Critically Endangered - facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Chondrostei
- Order
- Acipenseriformes
- Family
- Acipenseridae
- Genus
- Acipenser
Where to Find
Found in 8 diving areas across 5 countries and 1 regions.
- Kornati Islands, Croatia - 19 records
- Vis & Biševo, Croatia - 19 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 4 records
- Budva & Bar, Montenegro - 1 records
- Baltic Coast, Sweden - 1 records
- Northumberland & Northeast, United Kingdom - 3 records
- Scapa Flow, Orkney, United Kingdom - 2 records
- Scottish East Coast & Borders, United Kingdom - 3 records