Rarest Fish Species- European Sea Sturgeon (Atlantic Sturgeon)

The European Sea Sturgeon, also known as the Atlantic Sturgeon (not to be confused with the other Atlantic Sturgeon or Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus), is a rarest fish Species that can only be found in France’s Garonne River. Historically, the European Sea Sturgeon ranged from the North and Baltic Seas, the English Channel, the European Atlantic coastlines, the northern Mediterranean west of Rhodos, and the western and southern Black Sea. There have also been reports of the European Sea Sturgeon being discovered near Alegeria, Morocco, and Tunisia.

There are only between 20 – 750 mature European Sea Sturgeons left in the wild today. However, a few thousand fish have been released back into the wild after being grown in captivity. These formerl confined European Sea Sturgeon have yet to reproduce.