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Acipenseridae
shortnose sturgeon
Acipenser brevirostrum
Scattered across sixteen to nineteen large North American rivers
shortnose sturgeon is known around North America as a marine fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and records give a maximum length of 143 cm.
- Family
- Acipenseridae
- Genus
- Acipenser
- Maximum length
- 143 cm
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- North America: St. John River in Canada to St. Johns River in Florida, USA.
- Conservation status
- VUVulnerable

