Persian sturgeon
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The Persian sturgeon is a species of fish in the family Acipenseridae. It is found in the Caspian Sea and to a lesser extent the Black Sea and ascends certain rivers to spawn, mainly the Volga, Kura,
Acipenser persicus
Sturgeon
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Sturgeon are the 27 species of fish belonging to the family Acipenseridae. The earliest sturgeon fossils date to the Late Cretaceous, and are descended from other, earlier acipenseriform fish, which d
Persian sturgeon
…The Persian sturgeon (Huso persicus) is a species of fish in the family Acipenseridae. It is found in the Caspian Sea and to a lesser extent the Black Sea and ascends certain rivers to spawn, mainly the Volga, Kura, Araks and Ural Rivers…
Yanosteus longidorsalis, a member of the extinct acipenseriform family Peipiaosteidae from the Early Cretaceous (125–120 Mya) Yixian Formation in Liaoning, China
A fossil sturgeon (right) from the Tanis fossil site, showing the longstanding morphological conservatism of this group
The Atlantic sturgeon (A. oxyrhynchus) is one of the most basal sturgeon species
Shovelnose sturgeons (Scaphirhynchus platorynchus) are morphologically atypical members of the group