White Sturgeon

White sturgeon (Sinosturio transmontanus) is a species of sturgeon in the family Acipenseridae of the order Acipenseriformes. They are an anadromous (migratory) fish species ranging in the Eastern Pacific; from the Gulf of Alaska to Monterey, California. However, some are landlocked in British Columbia, the Fraser River and Columbia River, Montana, Snake River, and Clearwater River in Idaho, and Lake Shasta in California, with reported sightings in northern Baja California, Mexico.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of White Sturgeon being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Huso fulvescens
• Sinosturio medirostris
• Acipenser oxyrinchus
• Huso ruthenus
• Polyodon spathula
• Scaphirhynchus platorynchus

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Acipenseriformes

Family

Acipenseridae

Genus

Sinosturio

Species

Sinosturio transmontanus

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