| Common name | White sturgeon |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
| Country | Canada |
| Locality | British Columbia |
| Ref. | Hart, J.L., 1973 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | |
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| Remarks | 'sturgeon', i.e., large elongate ganoid fishes of the north temperate zone and whose roe is made into caviar, from Middle French 'estourjon' of Germanic origin and akin to Old English 'styria', i.e., sturgeon (p. 1171 in Ref. 11979). Also Ref. 1998, 11364. |