Marine Species: Acipenser medirostris

Ayres, 1854

Taxonomy Structure

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acipenseriformes
Family: Acipenseridae
Genus: Acipenser
Species: Acipenser medirostris

Species Data:

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Common Name: Green sturgeon
Description: Dorsal fin consisting of 33-35 soft rays and anal fin consisting of 22-28 soft rays.
Habitat: Demersal. It inhabits depths between 0 and 80 meters.
Color: Generally dark olive green, lower parts more or less pale green colored, an olive green longitudinal stripe on the side between the lateral and ventro-lateral plates, another in the mid-ventral surface; grayish to light green fins.
Dimensions: Up to 250 centimeters in total lenght.

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