Distribución pasada y reciente de Acipenser sturio L., 1758 en la península Ibérica
The present paper reviews the ichthyological and historical literature referring to sturgeon on the Iberian Peninsula. Three different species of Acipenseridae, namely Acipenser sturio L., 1758, A. naccarii Bonaparte, 1836, and Huso huso (L., 1758), have, in the past, been recorded in the Iberian se...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2001 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| Repositorio: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digital.csic.es:10261/319990 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/319990 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Medio Marino Esturión atlántico Portugal España golfo de Vizcaya Golfo de Cádiz mar Mediterráneo |
| Sumario: | The present paper reviews the ichthyological and historical literature referring to sturgeon on the Iberian Peninsula. Three different species of Acipenseridae, namely Acipenser sturio L., 1758, A. naccarii Bonaparte, 1836, and Huso huso (L., 1758), have, in the past, been recorded in the Iberian seas and rivers. However, examination of specimens housed in zoological collections has clearly proved that just one, the Atlantic sturgeon A. sturio, is native to the Iberian Peninsula. Analysis of captures and observations suggests a regression of the species in Portugal and Spain, notable from the middle of the 20th century. However, A. sturio is not technically extirpated, at least not in Spain, since it was fished in 1988 off the coast of Cantabria, and in 1992 near the mouth of the Guadalquivir. Consequently, two local populations are reported as still living on the Iberian littoral: one in the Bay of Biscay and the other in Cadiz Bay. This is not contradicted by historical and present data on the Iberian distribution and status of the sturgeon. |
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