The ancestor of the sturgeon first appeared in the early Triassic period 230 million years ago, while the sturgeon to which the Chinese sturgeon belongs appeared in the Cretaceous period 140 million years ago. Therefore, the descendants of the sturgeon that have continued to this day can be regarded as living fossils. In addition, it is unique to China's ancient rare fish, as early as 1000 BC, China has records about it, at that time it was called king tuna.
Chinese sturgeon is a protected animal of the first level in China. A total of 96 species of rare wild animals in China are classified as first-class protected animals, of which only four species of fish, Chinese sturgeon is one of them, the other three are Xinjiang bullhead fish, sturgeon and paddlefish. The law stipulates that illegal hunting, killing of wildlife, or illegal acquisition, transportation and sale of wildlife should be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of less than five years, or even 5-10 years, or even more than 10 years.
The Chinese sturgeon is very big and has a relatively long life span. The longest one can live to about 40 years old. It is a benthic fish, usually feeding on slow-moving benthic animals, including fish, shrimp, crabs, mollusks and insects. As a migratory fish, it usually lives in the East China Sea and the South China Sea and other waters, when it grows up, it will enter the river Qixi Festival, and then begin to spawn and reproduce.
