Published January 17, 2024 | Version v1
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Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus 1758

  • 1. Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Lorestan University, 6815144316 Khorramabad, Iran. g. sayyadzadeh 92 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0758 - 6502
  • 2. Ichthyology and Molecular Systematics Research Laboratory, Zoology Section, Department of Biology, School of Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran. hresmaeili @ shirazu. ac. ir; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9736 - 397 X * Corresponding authors & Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Lorestan University, 6815144316 Khorramabad, Iran. g. sayyadzadeh 92 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0758 - 6502

Description

7. Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758

Common name. Sterlet sturgeon

Taxonomy. Original description: Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758: 237 [Danube River; holotype: NRM 96].

Revisions. Berg (1948: 70).

Illustrations. Kottelat & Freyhof (2007: 55, fig.).

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].—Mahi-ye kaviar.—Reported from the middle and South Caspian Sea by Naseka and Bogutskaya (2009) but not confirmed by specimens for Iran by Esmaeili et al. (2017 a, 2018); Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2020); Eagderi et al. (2022).—Iran material: None.

Conservation. —IUCN: EN.

Notes

Published as part of Sayyadzadeh, Golnaz & Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, 2024, Freshwater lamprey and fishes of Iran: Reappraisal and updated checklist with a note on Eagderi et al. (2022), pp. 1-99 in Zootaxa 5402 (1) on page 10, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5402.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10524097

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
NRM
Material sample ID
NRM 96
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Acipenseriformes
Family
Acipenseridae
Genus
Acipenser
Species
ruthenus
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758 sec. Sayyadzadeh & Esmaeili, 2024

References

  • Berg, L. S. (1948) Ryby presnych vod SSSR i sopredelnych stan. [Freshwater fishes of the U. S. S. R. and adjacent countries]. Vol. 1. 4 th Edition. Opredeliteli po faune SSSR. [Guide to the fauna of the U. S. S. R.]. Freshwater fishes of the U. S. S. R. and adjacent countries No. 27. Academy of Sciences of the U. S. S. R., Zoological Institute, Moskva, 466 pp. [in Russian, English translation appeared in Israel Program of Scientific Translation, Jerusalem, 504 pp. (1962)]
  • Kottelat, M. & Freyhof, J. (2007) Handbook of European Freshwater Fishes. Kottelat, Cornol, Switzerland and Freyhof, Berlin, 646 pp.
  • Bogutskaya, N. G. & Coad, B. W. (2009) A review of vertebral and fin-ray counts in the genus Alburnoides (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) with a description of six new species. Zoosystematica Rossica, 18, 126 - 173. https: // doi. org / 10.31610 / zsr / 2009.18.1.126
  • Esmaeili, H. R., Mehraban, H., Abbasi, K., Keivany, Y. & Coad, B. W. (2017 a) Review and updated checklist of freshwater fishes of Iran: taxonomy, distribution and conservation status. Iranian Journal of Ichthyology, 4 (Supplement 1), 1 - 114.
  • Teimori, A., Esmaeili, H. R., Hamidan, N. A. & Reichenbacher, B. (2018) Systematics and historical biogeography of the Aphanius dispar species group (Teleostei: Aphaniidae) and description of a new species from Southern Iran. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 56 (4), 579 - 598.
  • Jouladeh-Roudbar, A., Ghanavi, H. R. & Doadrio, I. (2020) Ichthyofauna from Iranian freshwater: Annotated checklist, diagnosis, taxonomy, distribution and conservation assessment. Zoological Studies, 59, 21. https: // doi. org / 10.6620 / ZS. 2020.59 - 21
  • Eagderi, S., Mouludi-Saleh, A., Esmaeli, H. R., Sayyadzadeh, G. & Nasri, M. (2022) Freshwater lamprey and fishes of Iran; a revised and updated annotated checklist- 2022. Turkish Journal of Zoology, 46 (6), 500 - 522. https: // doi. org / 10.55730 / 1300 - 0179.3104