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Scaphirhynchus suttkusi Williams & Clemmer, 1991

Alabama sturgeon
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Common names: Alabama sturgeon
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref: Mayden, R.L. and B.R. Kuhajda, 1996
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: protected | Ref: Mayden, R.L. and B.R. Kuhajda, 1996
Uses: no uses
Comments: 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).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Mayden, R.L. and B.R. Kuhajda, 1996
National Database:

Common names from other countries

阿拉巴马铲鲟(萨氏铲鲟), Lopatonos alabamský, Лопатоніс Сутткузі, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Chondrostei (sturgeons) > Acipenseriformes (Sturgeons and paddlefishes) > Acipenseridae (Sturgeons) > Scaphirhynchinae
Etymology: Scaphirhynchus: Greek, skaphe, -eos = boat + Greek, rhyngchos = snout (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; brackish; demersal.   Subtropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences |
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