Sturgeon — Taxobox name = Sturgeon image width = 250px image caption = Atlantic sturgeon ( Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus ) regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Acipenseriformes familia = Acipenseridae subdivision ranks =… … Wikipedia
Baikal, Lake — or Lake Baykal Lake, southern Siberia, Russia, in Asia. With a length of 395 mi (636 km) long and an area of some 12,200 sq mi (31,500 sq km), it is the largest freshwater basin in Eurasia. It is also the deepest continental body of water on… … Universalium
sturgeon — /sterr jeuhn/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) sturgeon, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) sturgeons. any of various large fishes of the family Acipenseridae, inhabiting fresh and salt North Temperate waters, valued for their flesh and … Universalium
Sturgeon — /sterr jeuhn/, n. Theodore (Hamilton), 1918 85, U.S. science fiction writer. * * * Any of about 20 species (family Acipenseridae) of large, primitive fishes that live mainly in southern Russia, Ukraine, and North America. Most species live in the … Universalium
BAIKAL — a clear fresh water lake, in S. of Siberia, 397 m. long and from 13 to 54 wide, in some parts 4500 ft. deep, and at its surface 1560 ft. above the sea level, the third largest in Asia; on which sledges ply for six or eight months in winter,… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Lake Baikal — Baykal and Baikal redirect here. For other uses, see Baykal (disambiguation). Lake Baikal Coordinates … Wikipedia
Chinese sturgeon — Conservation status Critically Endangered ( … Wikipedia
Dabry's sturgeon — Acipenser dabryanus Conservation status Critically Endangered … Wikipedia
European sea sturgeon — Conservation status … Wikipedia
Siberian sturgeon — Taxobox name = Siberian sturgeon status = VU | status system = IUCN2.3 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Acipenseriformes familia = Acipenseridae genus = Acipenser species = A. baerii binomial = Acipenser baerii… … Wikipedia
