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Critical habitat map for the Gulf sturgeon, 2003 Gulf sturgeon jumping on the Suwannee River, Florida. Large jumping sturgeons can inflict serious injuries to humans who get in the way. The Gulf sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi) is a subspecies of sturgeon that lives in the Gulf of Mexico and some rivers draining into it. The Gulf ...
Timing and the unusual migratory behavior of sturgeon is a result of temporal water temperature changes. [7] Studies have also shown that amongst sturgeon in Gulf of Mexico and Suwannee River in Florida, fish gained 20% of their body weight while in Gulf of Mexico and lost 12% of their body weight during their time in the river. [9]
Acipenser is a genus of sturgeons.With 17 living species (others are only known from fossil remains), it is the largest genus in the order Acipenseriformes.The genus is paraphyletic, containing all sturgeons that do not belong to Huso, Scaphirhynchus, or Pseudoscaphirhynchus, with many species more closely related to the other three genera than they are to other species of Acipenser.
Boaters have been injured, killed by Gulf sturgeon that jump out of the water. They can grow longer than 6 feet & have fleshy "whiskers" on its snout Prehistoric fish in Florida: Details about ...
Gulf killifish: Fundulus grandis: Gulf kingfish Menticirrhus littoralis: Gulf menhaden: Brevoortia patronus: Gulf of Mexico fringed sole: Gymnachirus texae: Gulf pipefish: Syngnathus scovelli: Gulf Stream flounder: Citharichthys arctifrons: Gulf sturgeon: Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi: Gulf surgeonfish: Acanthurus randalli: Gulf toadfish ...
Globally, sturgeon fisheries are of great value, primarily as a source for caviar, but also for flesh. [42] Several species of sturgeon are harvested for their roe which is processed into caviar—a delicacy, and the reason why caviar-producing sturgeons are among the most valuable and endangered of all wildlife resources. [43]
Green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris) Gulf sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus) Bonefish (Albula vulpes) Ozark cavefish (Amblyopsis rosae) Northern cavefish (Amblyopsis spelaea) Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) Canary tonguesole (Cynoglossus canariensis) Guinean tonguesole (Cynoglossus monodi) Senegalese tonguesole (Cynoglossus ...
Family Acipenseridae (sturgeon) Family Polyodontidae (paddlefish) Fossil of the † chondrosteid † Strongylosteus hindenburgi , Tübingen Fossil of the † peipiaosteid † Yanosteus longidorsalis , MHNT The living polyodontid Polyodon spathula (American paddlefish) The living acipenserid Acipenser ruthenus (sterlet) The living acipenserid ...