Lake Surgeon (Acipenser fulvescens)

Also known as Black Sturgeon, Bony Sturgeon, Common Sturgeon, Dogface Sturgeon, Freshwater Sturgeon, Great Lakes Sturgeon, Red Sturgeon, Rock Sturgeon, Rubber Nose, Ruddy Sturgeon, Shellback Sturgeon, Smoothback, Stone Sturgeon

Description

Also known as Black Sturgeon, Bony Sturgeon, Common Sturgeon, Dogface Sturgeon, Freshwater Sturgeon, Great Lakes Sturgeon, Red Sturgeon, Rock Sturgeon, Rubber Nose, Ruddy Sturgeon, Shellback Sturgeon, Smoothback, Stone Sturgeon.

Found over gravel, mud, and sandy bottoms, of large lakes and rivers, occasionally entering brackish waters.
They feed nocturnally, searching for food with their barbels, for benthic crustaceans, insects, and molluscs.
Length - 274cm
Depth - 5-9m
Widespread North America

Sturgeon eggs are used as Caviar and very expensive it is to! Ref: https://www.fishbase.se/summary/acipenser-fulvescens.html

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