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Shortnose sturgeon

Acipenser brevirostrum

Lesueur, 1818

shortnose sturgeon Species Photo

Classification

Order: Acipenseriformes
Family: Acipenseridae
Alternate Names: pinkster

Status: Federally Endangered, State Endangered


Brackish, freshwater

shortnose sturgeon Region Map

Notes:

none


Basin Distribution in Georgia:

In Georgia, occurs in the Ocmulgee, Oconee, Altamaha, Ogeechee and Savannah River Basin



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