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White sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) is a species of sturgeon in the family Acipenseridae of the order Acipenseriformes. They are an anadromous (migratory) fish species ranging in the Eastern Pacific; from the Gulf of Alaska to Monterey, California .
Sevruga: Harvested from a smaller, critically endangered sturgeon, the starry sturgeon, Sevruga caviar is gray and smaller in size than Beluga and Kaluga caviars and has an intense taste. White ...
Exceptionally, both Huso species, the white sturgeon and the pallid sturgeon feed primarily on other fish as adults. They feed by extending their siphon-like mouths to suck food from the benthos . Having no teeth, they are unable to seize prey, though larger individuals and more predatory species can swallow very large prey items, including ...
The lake sturgeon is near the southern end of its range in Arkansas, more commonly found in the Upper Midwest. [86] Pallid and shovelnose sturgeon live in large, turbid rivers of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain , including the lower Arkansas, Mississippi, and lower White rivers downstream of impoundments.
White sturgeon are the largest freshwater fish in North America. They look prehistoric, with bony, dinosaur-esque scales called scutes, and they get huge — some grow longer than 10 feet, and ...
Lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) O, extinct in West Virginia; Shovelnose sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus platorynchus) O, VU [2] Family Polyodontidae (paddlefishes) American paddlefish (Polyodon spathula) O, rare, VU [3]
Lake sturgeon: Acipenser fulvescens: Bottom of lakes and big rivers over sand, gravel, or rock bottom Endangered Amiidae (family) Bowfin: Amia calva: Sloughs, sluggish rivers to medium rivers with moderate flow Anguillidae (family) American eel: Anguilla rostrate: Large rivers w/ moderate flow Atherinidae (family) Brook silverside: Labidesthes ...
There are at least 31 game and 59 non-game fish species known to occur in Montana. [1] Among Montana's fish, three are listed as endangered or threatened species and the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks lists a number of species as species of concern. [2] Species are listed by common name, scientific name, typical habitat and ...