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Definition of Sturgeons

Sturgeon
Sturgeon Stur"geon, n. [F. esturgeon, LL. sturio, sturgio, OHG. sturjo, G. st["o]r; akin to AS. styria, styriga.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of large cartilaginous ganoid fishes belonging to Acipenser and allied genera of the family Acipenserid[ae]. They run up rivers to spawn, and are common on the coasts and in the large rivers and lakes of North America, Europe, and Asia. Caviare is prepared from the roe, and isinglass from the air bladder. Note: The common North American species are Acipenser sturio of the Atlantic coast region, A. transmontanus of the Pacific coast, and A. rubicundus of the Mississippi River and its tributaries. In Europe, the common species is Acipenser sturio, and other well-known species are the sterlet and the huso. The sturgeons are included in the order Chondrostei. Their body is partially covered by five rows of large, carinated, bony plates, of which one row runs along the back. The tail is heterocercal. The toothless and protrusile mouth is beneath the head, and has four barbels in front. Shovel-nosed sturgeon. (Zo["o]l.) See Shovelnose (d) .

Meaning of Sturgeons from wikipedia

- make sturgeon particularly vulnerable to overfishing. Sturgeons are polyploid; some species have four, eight, or 16 sets of chromosomes. Sturgeons are...
- belly in beluga compared to that of other sturgeons. Huso huso shows typical characteristics of other sturgeon, such as an elongated body, heterocercal...
- under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. Sturgeons life history strategy seems organized around reducing risks. Sturgeons live a long time, delay maturation...
- Nicola Ferguson Sturgeon (born 19 July 1970) is a Scottish politician who served as First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the Scottish National Party...
- sturgeon reaches about 220 cm (7.2 ft) in length and weighs up to 80 kg (180 lb). It is a slim-bodied fish easily distinguished from other sturgeons by...
- organs (barbels) hang near its mouth to help the sturgeon locate bottom-dwelling prey. Lake sturgeons can grow to a large size for freshwater fish, topping...
- Period, over 70 million years ago. Shortnose sturgeons are long-lived and slow to ****ually mature. Most sturgeons are anadromous bottom-feeders, which means...
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- 1995. For example, 87 sturgeons were experimentally released in the Rhine near Nijmegen in 2012 and 2015. Like other sturgeons, they eat polychaete worms...
- long with pelagic attitude like other sturgeons, then after ten days they begin to be demersal. Adriatic sturgeons tend toward an opportunistic feeding...