Elongate fish with rows of keeled bony plates. Brownish to blueish back dorsally with a white belly. A heterocercal tail and a single triangular dorsal fin, positioned over the anal fin. Four barbels under long, conical and upturned snout.
Average Maximum Size:
426 cm (168 in)
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Range:
Labrador to Florida
Habitat:
Rivers, coastal waters, estuaries, and the coastal shelf region.
Notes:
Atlantic Sturgeon is a federally protected species, listed as Endangered in the southeast.
