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Acipenseridae
green sturgeon
Acipenser medirostris
An anadromous sturgeon from the Aleutians to Mexico
- Green
- Temperate
- Northern Hemisphere
- Transcontinental
- North America
- Elongated
- Large
- Temperate fish
Green
Temperate
North America
Elongated
Largegreen sturgeon is known from North America as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.
- Family
- Acipenseridae
- Genus
- Acipenser
- Maximum length
- 270 cm
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- North America: Aleutian Islands and the Gulf of Alaska to Ensenada, Mexico. Considered vulnerable in Canada. The Asian population is now considered to be a separate species Acipenser mikadoi (Ref. 6866 ).
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