Acipenser dabryanus Duméril, 1869
Yangtze sturgeon, River sturgeon, Dabry's sturgeon, Chinese sturgeon
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct in the Wild (Qiwei, 2022)
Last wild record: (Qiwei, 2022)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct in the Wild
Distribution
Yangtze River, China
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Duméril, A. H. A. (1868). Note sur trois poissons: Acipenser dabryanus, Polyodon gladius et Peristhethidion prionocephalum, accompagné de quelques considérations générales sur les groupes auxquels ces espèces appartiennent. Nouv. Arch. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. Paris 4: 93-116.
Other references:
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