Acipenser

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Acipenser - type genus of the Acipenseridae: sturgeons

genus Acipenser

fish genus - any of various genus of fish

Acipenseridae, family Acipenseridae - sturgeons

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

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The sturgeon found on the Suwannee and a few other Florida Gulf coast rivers are Gulf sturgeon, Acipenser oxy-rhynchus desotoi.

Monsters, Inc.: "catch" might not be the word you want to use with these fish

Desde luego, se han registrado algunos limites de inclusion al suplementar selenio en las dietas para peces debido a problemas de toxicidad que se manifiestan cuando se emplean concentraciones superiores a 10 mg de selenio/kg de dieta, como se reporta en especies como trucha arco iris (49), pez gato americano (50), esturion blanco (Acipenser transmontanus) (55) y lubina estriada (52); Hilton, Hodson y Slinger (49) ademas propusieron que consumos prolongados con 3 mg de selenio/kg de dieta tambien pueden tener efectos negativos en la trucha arco iris.

Selenio: nutriente objetivo para mejorar la composicion nutricional del pescado cultivado

Another Lake Michigan fish, which is not included in Table 1, is the Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens).

A century of shifting fish assemblages in Wolf Lake, Illinois-Indiana

A histological study of the development of the digestive tracto siberian sturgeon (Acipenser bean) during early ontogeny.

Organogenesis del sistema digestivo del pez Pterophylum scalare (Perciformes: Cichlidae)

Fish and Wildlife Service to recover endangered Kootenai River white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus).

USGS aids tribes in wildlife recovery

Vitellogenin: potential vehicle for selenium in oocytes of the white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus).

Reproduction, embryonic development, and maternal transfer of contaminants in the amphibian Gastrophryne carolinensis

The researchers scout for a 55- to 75-inch female of this species (Acipenser fulvescens) splashing along cobbled edges of the river.

Saving sturgeon: ancient fish face increasingly tough times

The European sturgeon (Acipenser sturio) can weigh up to 300kg, can reach up to 3.5 metre in length and live for up to a century.

EUROPEAN STURGEON CLASSIFIED AS A SPECIES UNDER THREAT OF EXTINCTION

3:50 ORIENTATION OF JUVENILE LAKE STURGEON (ACIPENSER FULVESCENS) IN LABORATORY AQUARIA