| Citation | Kottelat, M. and J. Freyhof, 2007, Handbook of European freshwater fishes.. Publications Kottelat, Cornol and Freyhof, Berlin. 646 pp. |
| Ref. | 59043 Kottelat, M. and J. Freyhof, 2007 |
| Page | 50 |
| Named Used as Valid | Acipenser colchicus |
| Comment | max length; habitat; food; spawning |
| Locality | |
| Distribution | Eurasia: Southeastern Black Sea basin, Rioni drainage, and Georgian and Turkish coasts; lower Danube. Considered critically endangered and one of the most threatened fish species in Europe, but with no known attempt to protect it. |
| Quote | 200 cm TL; coastal and estuarine zones; juveniles in rivers during first summer; benthic molluscs, crustaceans, small fish; spawns on stone or gravel bottom, in strong-current areas of main stream of large and deep rivers; |