裸腹鲟

裸腹鱘

luǒfùxún

noun

Measure Word

一条裸腹鲟 tiáo

Meanings

1 ship sturgeon (Acipenser nudiventris)
2 a critically endangered Eurasian sturgeon with no belly scutes

Characters

Examples

裸腹鲟在伊犁河上游还有少量野生种群。

Luǒfù xún zài Yīlí Hé shàngyóu hái yǒu shǎoliàng yěshēng zhǒngqún.

A small wild population of ship sturgeon still survives in the upper Ili River.

科研人员正在人工繁育裸腹鲟。

Kēyán rényuán zhèngzài réngōng fányù luǒfù xún.

Researchers are breeding the ship sturgeon in captivity.

Tips

usage

Named for its bare belly (裸腹) — unlike most sturgeons it lacks the row of bony scutes along the ventral midline. Native to the Aral, Caspian and Black Sea drainages plus the Ili River in Xinjiang; IUCN lists it Critically Endangered.

Stroke Order

裸 luǒ

腹 fù

鲟 xún