Persian sturgeon
Acipenser persicus Borodin, 1897
Also calledPersischer Stör (deu) · Perzische steur (nld) · chernomorsko-azovskayi oster (rus) · donausteur (nld) · esturgeon perse (fra) · koraca (tur) · nisetru (ron) · ruska esetra (bul) · Осетер перський (ukr) · Осетр персидский (rus)
First described in: Borodin, N. A. (1897). A report on the zoological research excursion to the north Caspian in summer 1895 aboard the cruser Uralets. <em>Vestnik Rybopromyshlennosti St. Petersburg.</em> 12: 1-31. [In Russian.].
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description
Common name. Persian sturgeon Taxonomy. Original description: Acipenser persicus Borodin, 1897: 18, figs. [Ural River to Ural'sk, Kazakhstan; Kura River, Azerbijan; southern shore of Caspian Sea, Iran; Syntypes: (2 measured) none at ZIN]. Revisions. Berg (1948: 81 as Acipenser güldenstädti persicus). Illustrations. Kottelat & Freyhof (2007: 54).
Freshwater lamprey and fishes of Iran: Reappraisal and updated checklist with a note on Eagderi et al. (2022)
distribution
Distribution in Iran. — Distribution in River Basin: Caspian Sea. — Distribution in Ecoregions: 434 - Kura-South Caspian Drainages, 450 - Turan Plain, 452 - Caspian Marine. Status in Iran. [Native]. — Qara burun, Tas mahi-ye Irani. — Listed in previous checklists from Iran by Esmaeili et al. (2017 a, 2018); Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2020) and Eagderi et al. (2022). — Iran material: None. Conservation. — IUCN: CR.
Freshwater lamprey and fishes of Iran: Reappraisal and updated checklist with a note on Eagderi et al. (2022)
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