Juvenile white sturgeon prefer a variety of habitats for their early growth years. Approximately a before hatching, these young sturgeon will have a full set of fins, rays and scutes. They prefer to feed near the river bottom, eating amphipods, mysids (a type of freshwater shrimp), small fish, and a wide range of other organisms.

(David R. Gluns/UCWSRI photo)


Juvenile
white
sturgeon


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