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Contemporary Concepts on the Origin and Distribution of Sturgeons (Acipenseridae) in Eastern Asia

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The origin and distribution of the Pacific group of sturgeons (Acipenseridae) is considered on the basis of paleontological finds of Acipenseriformes in the eastern part of the Asian continent in regard to evolution of the river system of the Amur River basin. It is believed that Acipenseriformes originated in the late Paleozoic in the eastern part of Laurasia. Acipenseridae family also originated in the eastern part of Asia. The locations of fossil finds of representatives of Acipenseriformes largely coincide with the modern territory of the Amur River basin; the age of the fossils and basin evolution both indicate that this river system played the most important role in the genesis of the order in general and of the representatives of the Pacific group of species in particular. Part of the Chita Region, eastern and central Mongolia, northern and northeastern China, should be probably considered as the area of the initial radiation and long-term habitation of Acipenseriformes. The Bering land bridge (Beringia), which has repeatedly connected Eurasia and North America, contributed to the resettlement of the ancestral form of the Pacific group. The diversification of this form is probably associated with multiple significant ocean transgressions and regressions in the Eocene, Oligocene, Middle Miocene, Late Miocene, and Early Pliocene. This contributed to the development of isolates, as well as to the emergence of anadromous forms from the original potamodromous species. The formation of the Asian-Pacific group of sturgeons is associated with the diversification of species in terms of migratory behavior, temperature regime of reproduction, and water salinity demands.

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Koshelev, V.N., Ruban, G.I. Contemporary Concepts on the Origin and Distribution of Sturgeons (Acipenseridae) in Eastern Asia. J. Ichthyol. 62, 1381–1393 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032945222020102

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