Chinese sturgeon is a freshwater fish. Although they are freshwater fish, they also live in seawater. Because of their different growth stages, they will enter different waters to live. Under normal circumstances, the production of Chinese sturgeon is completed in fresh water, so Chinese sturgeon lives in fresh water in its infancy. But they have migratory habits, and when they grow up, they will enter the sea. Although they will move into seawater, when they mature, they will re-enter fresh water to reproduce.

As mentioned above, Chinese sturgeon will live in seawater when it grows up, so their distribution range is near the Yangtze River estuary. Of course, there are also some Chinese sturgeons living in Jinsha River, Qiantang River, Ganjiang River and Pearl River. However, the number of Chinese sturgeon in these rivers is relatively small, and only the Yangtze River Basin will have a little more.

Due to environmental pollution and human capture in recent years, the number of Chinese sturgeon has become very small. Now Chinese sturgeon has been listed as a national protected animal, and has been listed as one of the extremely dangerous animals. If Chinese sturgeon growing in the wild is found, try to release them into rivers suitable for living to avoid their death.