Acipenseridae
Acipenser fulvescens Rafinesque, 1817
Acipenser fulvescens Rafinesque, 1817
Acipenser fulvescens, the lake sturgeon, is a long-lived North American fish with distinct feeding and reproductive traits.
Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815
Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815
Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus) is a large, endangered North American Atlantic sturgeon species sometimes called a living fossil.
Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758
Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758
Acipenser ruthenus, the sterlet, is a small vulnerable Eurasian sturgeon harvested for flesh, caviar, and isinglass.
Acipenser transmontanus Richardson, 1836
Acipenser transmontanus Richardson, 1836
Acipenser transmontanus, or white sturgeon, is a large Pacific-slope North American sturgeon with detailed documented traits, distribution, reproduction, and movement patterns.
Scaphirhynchus platorynchus (Rafinesque, 1820)
Scaphirhynchus platorynchus (Rafinesque, 1820)
Scaphirhynchus platorynchus, or shovelnose sturgeon, is a small North American river sturgeon valued for caviar.
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