White Sturgeon Scientific Name

This tremendous fish is only found in two major rivers west of the Rocky Mountains in Canada.

White sturgeon scientific name. Both of these rivers flow in British Columbia - the Fraser which includes the Nechako watershed and the Columbia systems. Scientific Name Acipenser transmontanus. Acipenser transmontanus the scientific name for the white sturgeon translates literally as sturgeon across the mountains.

British Columbia COSEWIC Assessment Date and Status Change. Common name White Sturgeon - Upper Fraser River population Scientific name Acipenser transmontanus Status Endangered Reason for designation This large-bodied fish occurs at a small number of locations in the upper Fraser River. The specimen is deposited at the Florida Museum of Natural History UF 93520.

White Sturgeon have been found in some cases to travel hundreds of kilometers to other estuaries and river systems. 2019-07-02 It was later identified as a lake sturgeon A. The species has declined.

Scientific Name - Concept Reference. When Sturgeon larvae hatch in a stream they begin swimming around in a vertical position as they are suspended by a yolk sac. Scientific Name - Concept Reference.

Common name White sturgeon Scientific name Acipenser transmontanus Status Endangered Reason for designation A long-lived species with a 30-40 year generation time and late maturity that has suffered over a 50 decline in the last three generations. November 2012 COSEWIC Status. Conservation Status Least Concern Family Chordata Habitat Deep Water Food Dead Fish and Mollusks.

2018-05-30 Cox was describing a species known today as the white sturgeon the largest of about eight species of sturgeon that live throughout the rivers lakes and coastal waters of North America. The specimen is deposited at the Florida Museum of Natural History UF 93520. Extant populations are subject.