Lake Sturgeon – Acipenser fulvescens – French Broad Photo Credit – Luke Etchison NCWRC
Family
Scientific Name
Author
Year
Common Name
Acipenseridae
Acipenser fulvescens
Rafinesque
1817
Lake Sturgeon
Acipenser fulvescens
Unique Characters: Scutes along back and sides the same color as the skin. Found only in French Broad River down stream from Marshall in western North Carolina.
Similar Species: None.
Gallery
Lake Sturgeon – Acipenser fulvescens – French Broad
Photo Credit: Luke Etchison NCWRC
Lake Sturgeon – Acipenser fulvescens – French Broad
Photo Credit – Luke Etchison NCWRC
Lake Sturgeon – Acipenser fulvescens – Young-of-Year – Photo Credit: David Neely
Lake Sturgeon – Acipenser fulvescens – Young-of-Year – Photo Credit: David Neely
