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sturgeon

DEFINITIONS OF: sturgeon

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n large primitive fishes valued for their flesh and roe; widely distributed in the North Temperate Zone

Types:
Acipenser transmontanus, Pacific sturgeon, Sacramento sturgeon, white sturgeon
food and game fish of marine and fresh waters of northwestern coast of North America
Acipenser huso, beluga, hausen, white sturgeon
valuable source of caviar and isinglass; found in Black and Caspian seas
Type of:
ganoid, ganoid fish
primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering
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