Shortnose sturgeon

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Shortnose sturgeon
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acipenseriformes
Family: Acipenseridae
Genus: Acipenser
Species: A. brevirostrum
Binomial name
Acipenser brevirostrum
Lesueur, 1818

The shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) is a North American sturgeon.

[edit] Reference

  1. ^ Friedland & Kynard (2004). Acipenser brevirostrum. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 4 March 2007. Database entry includes a lengthy justification of why this species is vulnerable