Sturgeon That Are Candidates for Listing Under the ESA

	Did You Know? · Comment and/or submit information on these sturgeon species, through 10/26/2012

Status
ESA Candidate Species - 5 Distinct Population Segments (all outside of U.S. waters)

Taxonomy
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acipenseriformes
Family: Acipenseridae

• Adriatic sturgeon
  (Acipenser naccarii)
• Atlantic sturgeon/ Baltic sturgeon/ common sturgeon
  (Acipenser sturio)
• Chinese sturgeon
  (Acipenser sinensis)
• Sakhalin sturgeon
  (Acipenser mikadoi)
• Kaluga sturgeon
  (Huso dauricus)

Key Documents
(All documents are in PDF format.)

Title	Federal Register	Date
90-Day Finding on a Petition To List Five Species of Sturgeon as Threatened or Endangered Under the ESA » Open for Comment through 10/26/2012	77 FR 51767	08/27/2012
Petition to List 15 Sturgeon Species as Threatened or Endangered	n/a	various

More Information

• Endangered and Threatened (ESA-listed) Sturgeon:
  • atlantic sturgeon (5 listed DPSs)
    (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus)
  • green sturgeon (1 listed DPS)
    (Acipenser medirostris)
  • Gulf sturgeon
    (Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi)
  • shortnose sturgeon
    (Acipenser brevirostrum)
• Endangered and Threatened (ESA-listed) Fish

Updated: September 19, 2012