The real and fake Chinese sturgeon can be judged from the appearance.

1, Chinese sturgeon fusiform, head and back of the body gray-green or light brown, gray abdomen, gray fins. The body has no vertebrae, only a few bones and a row of vertebrae, two rows of lateral and ventral bones, five rows of beautiful bone plates and cartilaginous vertebrae support.

2. The Chinese sturgeon has a large, triangular head with smooth bony plates behind the head.

3. The eyes of the Chinese sturgeon are previously flattened into a plow-like shape and then turned upward. The mouth is on the ventral side of the head, making a transverse slit, the mouth can be freely extended, the upper and lower lips have horny papillae, the front of the mouth is juxtaposed with four small whiskers, the eyes are very small, and the eyes are posteriorly apertured.

Extended information:

Chinese sturgeon vs. sturgeon

Sturgeon's body is elongated, without scales, and covered with five rows of huge, rhombic bony plates The young bony plates with spines are cartilaginous desquamates. The back is brown or tan, the juveniles are black or light gray, and the belly is white.

Currently on the market the so-called Chinese sturgeon is fake, is waiting for other Chinese sturgeon was historical fact historical fact imitation. Although the different species of sturgeon in appearance does not differ much, but in the details are very different.

The Chinese sturgeon's head is bluntly rounded, a pointed triangle. Sturgeon is a national second-class protected animal, so wild sturgeon are not allowed to be sold.