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Green Sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris)
FishverifiedEndangered

Acipenser medirostris

Ayres, 1854

Green Sturgeon

Also known as: Barbel Sturgeon, Green Japanese Sturgeon

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About
Habitat

Demersal

Depth

0–80 m

Max size

2.7 m

Max weight

159 kg

Diet

Hunting macrofauna (predator)

Lifespan

60 yrs

Taxonomy
Class

Chondrostei

Order

Acipenseriformes

Family

Acipenseridae

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Atlantic Sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus)

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