Acipenser brevirostrum

Family	Scientific Name	Author	Year	Common Name
Acipenseridae	Acipenser brevirostrum	Lesueur	1818	Shortnose Sturgeon

Acipenser brevirostrum

Unique Characters:  Bony plates absent between anal fin and the midlateral scutes. Mouth large and M-shaped.

Similar Species: 

Atlantic Sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus. Bony plates present between anal fin and midlateral scutes. Mouth small and oval shaped.

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