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Acipenser medirostris Ayres, 1854

Green sturgeon
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Common names: Green sturgeon, Green sturgeon, Stutch’-un
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Importance: of no interest | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: gamefish: yes;
Comments: Not common in Puget Sound, Washington in 1895 (Ref. 28609). Rarely found in freshwater. Sport fishery for fish exceeding 100 cm in Delta Area of San Francisco Bay (Ref. 4563). Also Ref. 4925, 6885, 28553. Status of threat: vulnerable. Criteria: 1,2 (http://fisc.er.usgs.gov/afs/) (Ref. 81264).
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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: Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Esturgeon vert, Esturión verde, حفش أخضر, ... more

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

Chondrostei (sturgeons) > Acipenseriformes (Sturgeons and paddlefishes) > Acipenseridae (Sturgeons) > Acipenserinae
Etymology: Acipenser: Latin, acipenser = sturgeon, 1853 (Ref. 45335);  medirostris: The specific name is derived from medirostris, referring to its moderate snout (Ref. 1998).
  More on author: Ayres.

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

Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; anadromous (Ref. 120652); depth range 0 - 80 m (Ref. 50610).   Temperate; 10°C - 20°C (Ref. 2059); 65°N - 32°N, 166°W - 114°W (Ref. 54261)

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