Starry sturgeon

Starry sturgeon
	Acipenser stellatus
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
	CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acipenseriformes
Family:	Acipenseridae
Genus:	Acipenser
Species:	A. stellatus
Binomial name
	Acipenser stellatus; Pallas 1771
	Starry sturgeon range.
Synonyms
	Acipenser seurugus Güldenstädt 1772 [Bonnaterre 1788]; Acipenser helops Pallas 1814; Ellops helops (Pallas 1814); Acipenser rostratus Brandt & Ratzeburg 1833 [Heckel 1836]; Acipenser ratzeburgii Brandt 1833; Acipenser stellatus donensis Lovetsky 1834; Acipenser stellatus illyricus Brusina 1902; Acipenser stellatus danubialis Brusina 1902; Gladostomus stellatus (Pallas 1771); Helops stellatus (Pallas 1771); Acipenser stellatus stellatus n. cyrensis Berg 1932; Acipenser stellatus ponticus Movchan 1970;

The starry sturgeon (Acipenser stellatus) also known as stellate sturgeon or sevruga (Drakul, Persian: اوزون برون, and Turkish: Uzun Burun, lit. 'long nosed'), is a species of sturgeon. It is native to the Black, Azov, Caspian and Aegean sea basins, but it has been extirpated from the last and it is predicted that the remaining natural population will follow soon due to overfishing.

The starry sturgeon is an anadromous species, which migrates up rivers to spawn.

It is considered critically endangered by the IUCN and international trade in this species (including its caviar) is restricted by CITES.

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