SHORTNOSE STURGEON

Acipenser brevirostrum

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IUCN Red List Status: Vulnerable (VU)

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Inhabit river mouths, lakes, estuaries, and bays; occasionally enters the open sea. Maximum known age is 67 years for females and 30 years for males. Flesh of good quality; eggs are suitable for caviar (Ref. 3192).

	Anguis fragilis LINNAEUS 1758 Slow Worm
	Rexea antefurcata Parin, 1989 Long-finned escolar
	Acromyrmex subterraneus (Forel, 1893)
	Sebastapistes tinkhami (Fowler, 1946) Darkspotted scorpionfish
	Cynoscion stolzmanni (Steindachner, 1879) Stolzmann's weakfish

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