white sturgeon

Acipenser transmontanus

Six meters vying for the largest North American freshwater fish

white sturgeon is known around Eastern Pacific as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and records give a maximum length of 610 cm.

Class: Cartilaginous Ganoids
Order: Sturgeons and Paddlefishes
Family: Acipenseridae
Genus: Acipenser
Maximum length: 610 cm
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Alaska Bay to Monterey, California, USA. Landlocked in Columbia River drainage, Montana, and perhaps Lake Shasta in California, USA. Translocated to lower Colorado River, Arizona in USA. Reported from northern Baja California, Mexico (Ref. 2850 , 27436 ).
Conservation status: VUVulnerable

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