8. Acipenser stellatus Pallas, 1771 Common name. Starry sturgeon Taxonomy. Original description: Acipenser stellatus Pallas, 1771: 460 [Volga River at Simbirsk, Caspian Sea, Ural River to Gwje; no types known]. Revisions. Berg (1948: 96). Illustrations. Kottelat & Freyhof (2007: 56, fig.). Distribution in Iran. —Distribution in River Basin: Caspian Sea.—Distribution in Ecoregions: 434-Kura-South Caspian Drainages, 450-Turan Plain, 452-Caspian Marine. Status in Iran. [Native].—Ozoonboroon, Derakul, Tirij, Puze draz.—Listed in previous checklists from Iran by Esmaeili et al. (2017 a, 2018); Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2020); Eagderi et al. (2022).—Iran material: None. Conservation. —IUCN: CR.

Published as part of Sayyadzadeh, Golnaz & Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, 2024, Freshwater lamprey and fishes of Iran: Reappraisal and updated checklist with a note on Eagderi et al. (2022), pp. 1-99 in Zootaxa 5402 (1) on page 10, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5402.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10524097