Bad News for the Already Endangered Chinese Sturgeon

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By Anna Funk
Nov 1, 2018 11:00 PMNov 23, 2019 12:33 AM
Sturgeon at Beijing Aquarium - Wikimedia Commons
Onlookers view the critically endangered Chinese sturgeon at the Beijing Aquarium. (Credit: Wikimedia)

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Critically endangered Chinese sturgeon may be even worse off than we thought, reports a team of researchers from the China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research in Beijing.

These ancient fish are anadromous, which means they live in the ocean and migrate up rivers to spawn in fresh water. For the Chinese sturgeon, this annual spawning quest brings them up China’s Yangtze River.

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