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Shovelnose Sturgeon

Scaphirhynchus platorynchus

260 observations in the source records

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28 photos

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Missouri.January 11, February 13, March 16, April 29, May 37, June 16, July 13, August 13, September 14, October 13, November 11, December 11.
United States917
Missouri198
Kansas158
Canada111
Ontario111
Minnesota70
Iowa55
Mississippi51
Louisiana49
Wisconsin48

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderSturgeons and Paddlefishes · Acipenseriformes
FamilySturgeons · Acipenseridae
GenusShovelnose Sturgeons · Scaphirhynchus

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