Sturgeon are a northern hemisphere fish.
They can be found throughout Russia and China, Europe and North America. The white sturgeon we study at Malaspina is found only on the west coast of North America. Sturgeon are in the family Acipenseridae which can be dated approximately 160,000,000 years. Sturgeon as we know them now date back about 125,000,000 years. Historically sturgeon have been reported to live up to 200 years.