Nutritional Freshwater Life
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ORDER: ACIPENSERIFOMES (STURGEON-LIKE FISH)
FaMiLy: aCiPenSeridae (SturGeon)
Acipenser persicus Borodin 1897
Order: Acipenseriformes
Family: Acipenseridae
Common name: Persian sturgeon.
Distribution: Eurasia: Caspian Basin;
eastern Black Sea (Kottelat and Freyhof,
2007).
Habitat: Marine; freshwater; brackish;
large and deep rivers.
Description: This species has an elongated, bulky body with a long head.
It has the characteristic 8–18 dorsal
scutes, 24–50 lateral scutes, and 6–12
ventral scutes. Color of the body is dark
blue-black on back with white-cream
starry bony platelets to white on ventral
side. There are four barbels, which are
closer to the end of the snout than the
mouth. It grows to a maximum length
of 242 cm and weight of 70 kg (Kottelat
and Freyhof, 2007; Pond Life).
Nutritional Facts
Proximate Composition (g/100 g WW)
Moisture Protein
Fat
Ash
63.2
21.4
13.1
3.33
Amino Acids (g/100 g protein)
Aspartic acid
9.94
Threonine
3.93
Serine
2.74
Glutamic acid
18.4
Proline
4.74
Glycine
4.45
Alanine
5.34
Cysteine
0.81
Valine
5.41
Methionine
2.29
Isoleucine
5.56
Leucine
8.45
Tyrosine
2.89
Phenylalanine
4.30
Histidine
5.19
Lysine
9.42
Arginine
6.08
Triptophan
1.11
Total EAAs
42.97
Total NEAAs
57.85
EAA, essential amino acid;
NEAA, nonessential amino acid.
Source: Data from Alipour et al.
(2010).
Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus 1758