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This is a list of reptiles of Pennsylvania as listed by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission. [1] As of 2024, there are 38 native reptiles in Pennsylvania. The species are listed as in the PFBC list, with the exception of introduced species, which are derived from other sources. Notes on ranges provided by Pennsylvania Amphibian & Reptile ...
The largest sturgeon on record was a beluga female captured in the Volga Delta in 1827, measuring 7.2 m (23 ft 7 in) long and weighing 1,571 kg (3,463 lb). Most sturgeons are anadromous bottom-feeders, migrating upstream to spawn but spending most of their lives feeding in river deltas and estuaries.
The sturgeons are ray-finned fishes in family Acipenseridae (Acipenseriformes). This category contains articles on genera and species in this family. Subcategories.
They are managed by the Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry, a division of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. The Commonwealth describes a natural area as a location with "scenic, historic, geologic or ecological significance, which will remain in an undisturbed state, with development and maintenance being limited ...
Shortnose sturgeon range map along the East Coast of the United States. Historically, shortnose sturgeon were found in the coastal rivers along the East Coast of North America. Living from the Saint John River in New Brunswick all the way to the Indian River in Florida. Currently, shortnose sturgeon can be found in 41 bays and rivers along the ...
Areas such as Lake of the Woods and Rainy River saw sturgeon numbers grow to about 92,000 in 2014, nearly six times the estimate from the late 1980s, Klobuchar wrote last week in a letter to FWS ...
Scaphirhynchus is a genus of sturgeons native to North America. All species in this genus are considered to be threatened with extinction or worse. [2] [3] [4] As of 2023, the pallid sturgeon (S. albus) [3] and the Alabama sturgeon (S. suttkusi) [4] are critically endangered according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
Sturgeon is a census-designated place (CDP) in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community was part of the Sturgeon-Noblestown CDP for the 2000 census, but was split into two separate CDP's for the 2010 census. The population of Sturgeon was 1,611 at the 2020 census. [2]