Shovelnose sturgeon

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iShovelnose sturgeon
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acipenseriformes
Family: Acipenseridae
Genus: Scaphirhynchus
Species: S. platorynchus
Binomial name
Scaphirhynchus platorynchus
(Rafinesque, 1820)

The shovelnose sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus platorynchus, is a species of sturgeon native to the United States of America.

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