Scaphirhynchus suttkusi Williams & Clemmer, 1991
Alabama sturgeon
Alabama sturgeon
Scaphirhynchus suttkusi
photo by The Native Fish Conservancy

Family:  Acipenseridae (Sturgeons), subfamily: Scaphirhynchinae
Max. size: 
Environment:  demersal; freshwater; brackish
Distribution:  North America: Mobil basins in Alabama, USA (Ref. 42845).
Diagnosis:   
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Critically Endangered (CR); Date assessed: 09 September 2019 (A2bce; C2a(i,ii); D) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless
Country info:  Endemic to Mobile Basin of Alabama and Mississippi. Also Ref. 33979. Status of threat: endangered; status same as 1989. Criteria: 1,2 (http://fisc.er.usgs.gov/afs/) (Ref. 81264).


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