Sturgeon
Acipenser sturio
Where is it found?
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Lives in coastal waters but travels to pools and rivers to breed.
Diet and foraging method
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Sense prey using their barbels and then pick prey items out of the mud to eat.
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Key adaptations
Sturgeons have four barbels on their chin which they use to sense prey in the mud, which they then suck into their mouth.
Social organisation and mating system
N/A
Did you know that...?
Sturgeons are critically endangered due to overfishing for caviar.
Taxonomy
Picture credits:
"Stör - Sturgeon" by Aah-Yeah - Flickr: Stör Sturgeon. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St%C3%B6r_-_Sturgeon.jpg#/media/File:St%C3%B6r_-_Sturgeon.jpg
"Stör Sturgeon" by Aah-Yeah - Flickr: Stör Sturgeon. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St%C3%B6r_Sturgeon.jpg#/media/File:St%C3%B6r_Sturgeon.jpg
"Acipenser sturio2" by Archival Photographer Stefan Claesson - Gulf of Maine Cod Project, NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries; Courtesy of National Archives. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Acipenser_sturio2.jpg#/media/File:Acipenser_sturio2.jpg
"Acipenser sturio 1879" by Alexander Francis Lydon (1836-1917) - British fresh water fishes. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Acipenser_sturio_1879.jpg#/media/File:Acipenser_sturio_1879.jpg
"Stör Sturgeon" by Aah-Yeah - Flickr: Stör Sturgeon. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St%C3%B6r_Sturgeon.jpg#/media/File:St%C3%B6r_Sturgeon.jpg
"Acipenser sturio2" by Archival Photographer Stefan Claesson - Gulf of Maine Cod Project, NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries; Courtesy of National Archives. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Acipenser_sturio2.jpg#/media/File:Acipenser_sturio2.jpg
"Acipenser sturio 1879" by Alexander Francis Lydon (1836-1917) - British fresh water fishes. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Acipenser_sturio_1879.jpg#/media/File:Acipenser_sturio_1879.jpg
