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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.
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 ...
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 ...
The sturgeons are ray-finned fishes in family Acipenseridae (Acipenseriformes). This category contains articles on genera and species in this family. Subcategories.
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]
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.
Map of west coast of North America showing distribution of adult and subadult sDPS green sturgeon Map of California's Central Valley showing distribution of sDPS green sturgeon. The green sturgeon is the most widely distributed member of the sturgeon family Acipenseridae, and is also the most marine-oriented of the sturgeon species.