Scaphirhynchus - American shovelnose sturgeons

Classification

Genus: Scaphirhynchus - American shovelnose sturgeons
Family: Acipenseridae - Sturgeons
Order: Acipenseriformes - Sturgeons and Paddlefish
Class: Chondrostei - Sturgeons
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes

Description

Scaphirhynchus is a genus of sturgeons native to the United States of America. All species in this genus are considered to be threatened. The pallid sturgeon is Endangered and the Alabama sturgeon is Critically Endangered.

Member species are found in the Mississippi, Missouri, and Alabama Rivers.

Currently, three species in this genus are recognized:

  • Scaphirhynchus albus (S. A. Forbes & R. E. Richardson, 1905) (pallid sturgeon)
  • Scaphirhynchus platorynchus (Rafinesque, 1820) (shovelnose sturgeon)
  • Scaphirhynchus suttkusi J. D. Williams & Clemmer, 1991 (Alabama sturgeon)

Species

Shovelnose sturgeon
(Scaphirhynchus platorynchus)

Pallid sturgeon
(Scaphirhynchus albus)

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