Did you know that the white sturgeon has changed little from its ancestors that first appeared in the available fossil records 175 million years ago? That white sturgeon can live to be over 100 years old? That the white sturgeon Acipenser transmontanus gets its name from the white colouring along its sides and belly? That white sturgeon have four barbels, or "whisker-like sensors" to detect their food?

(UCWSRI photo)


Adult white
sturgeon
under water


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