Sterlet

The sterlet is a small sturgeon that lives in the big rivers of Eurasia, from the Black Sea region all the way to Siberia. Unlike some sturgeons, it stays in freshwater and doesn’t migrate to the ocean. Its slender body and pointed snout make it one of the more delicate-looking members of the sturgeon family.

• It once migrated between rivers and seas, but no longer does.
• Its range stretches from the Black Sea to Siberia's Yenisei River.
• People sometimes call it the sterlet sturgeon.