Like other sturgeons, they eat polychaete worms and crustaceans which they find with their barbels.Brosse, L., Taverny, C., & Lepage, M. (2011). Habitat, movements and feeding of juvenile European sturgeon (Acipenser sturio) in Gironde Estuary. In Biology and Conservation of the European SturgeonAcipenser sturioL. 1758 (pp. 153-163). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.
