"Sturgeon (Acipenser sturio). Note the elongated snout, the barbules bounding the ventral mouth, the operculum covering the gills, the rows of bony scutes, the markedly heterocercal tail." -Thomson, 1916

Sturgeon

"Sturgeon (Acipenser sturio). Note the elongated snout, the barbules bounding the ventral mouth, the…

The Shovelnose Sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus platorynchus) is a freshwater fish in the Acipenseridae family of sturgeons.

Shovelnose Sturgeon

The Shovelnose Sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus platorynchus) is a freshwater fish in the Acipenseridae family…