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Baku Zoological Park

Kura (Persian) sturgeon

Size and weight

88-228 cm
10-16 kg

Nutrition

Its diet consists of mixed feeds. 

Life Span

35-40 years

Reproduction


Conservation status

It is included in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

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Inhabits warm waters of the central and southern parts of the Caspian Sea.

For spawning, it enters rivers of the Caspian Basin - Kura, Volga and Ural, the rivers of Dagestan (Samur, Terek) and Sefidrud river in Iran.