Gulf sturgeon

Photo By/Credit

Ryan Hagerty/USFWS

Date Shot/Created
10/27/2022
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
The prehistoric Gulf sturgeon can trace its ancestry back more than 200 million years. It has a tail like a shark, whiskers like a catfish, a tube-like mouth, can obtain lengths of 9 ft.
Ecosystem
River/stream
Subject tags
Adults
Biologists (USFWS)
Employees (USFWS)
Endangered and/or Threatened species
Fishes
Research
Work of the Service