Sturgeon That Are Candidates for Listing Under the ESA

Status
ESA Candidate Species - 5 Distinct Population Segments (all outside of U.S. waters)
CITES Appendix I - Atlantic sturgeon/ Baltic sturgeon/ common sturgeon
(Acipenser sturio) DPS

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

1. Adriatic sturgeon
   (Acipenser naccarii)
2. Atlantic sturgeon/ Baltic sturgeon/ common sturgeon
   (Acipenser sturio)
3. Chinese sturgeon
   (Acipenser sinensis)
4. Sakhalin sturgeon
   (Acipenser mikadoi)
5. 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	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: December 5, 2012