Pallid sturgeon
📖 Overview
Adults inhabit large, deep, turbid river channels, usually in strong current over firm sand or gravel . They feed on aquatic insect immatures, particularly caddisfly larvae, and small fish . Threatened due to over harvesting and habitat loss . No length type given but assumed to be in TL.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Absence of scalelike scutes on belly; bases of outer barbels usually behind bases of inner barbels .: elongated.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Pallid sturgeon is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; demersal; potamodromous . Subtropical; 44°N - 30°N North America: nearly restricted to main channels of Missouri River and lower Mississippi River from Montana to Louisiana in USA.
🌿 Ecology
aquatic insect immatures, particularly caddisfly larvae, and small fish (Ref
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🔍 Similar Species
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