Fishing Species
Sturgeon Fish Species Information
Sturgeon bigfishtackle PM
| Label | Details |
|---|---|
| Scientific Fish Name: | Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus |
| Other Fish Name: | |
| Regions Fished: | subtropical, temperate and sub-Arctic rivers, lakes and coastlines of Eurasia and North America |
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| Common Tackle: | Use heavy equipment with cut bait. |
| Additional Information: | Sturgeon is the common name used for some 26 species of fish in the family Acipenseridae, including the genera Acipenser, Huso, Scaphirhynchus and Pseudoscaphirhynchus. The term includes over 20 species commonly referred to as sturgeon and several closely related species that have distinct common names, notably sterlet, kaluga and beluga. Collectively, the family is also known as the True Sturgeons. Sturgeon is sometimes used more exclusively to refer to the species in the two best-known genera; Acipenser and Huso. |