white sturgeon
fish
Also known as: Acipenser transmontanus, Oregon sturgeon, Sacramento sturgeon
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chondrosteans
- In chondrostean: Distribution
…Oregon, or Sacramento sturgeon (A. transmontanus) inhabits the waters of the Pacific coast of North America from California to Alaska. The shovelnose sturgeons (genus Scaphirhynchus) occur in the Mississippi drainage system of North America. The Aral Sea shovelnose sturgeons (Pseudoscaphirhynchus) are found in rivers that drain into the
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size and distribution
- In sturgeon: Distribution
The white, Oregon, or Sacramento sturgeon (A. transmontanus) occurs on the Pacific coast and is the largest of the North American sturgeons, weighing up to 820 kg (1,800 pounds).
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