Sturgeons of the western and eastern Atlantic: a– the shortnose sturgeon,Acipenserbvevirostrum143 cm TL from the outlet of Washade-
moak Lake, St.Johns River, New Brunswick, Canada, caught 2.1.1975 (ROMcat # 34310): b– American Atlantic sturgeon,A. oxyrinchus
150 cm TL from St. Lawrence River, Kamouraska, Quebec, now residing alive in the Montreal Biodome (hence the typical damage to the
tip of the rostrum); c–European Atlantic sturgeon.A. sturio107 cm TL from the Black Sea stock at the ‘Grigore Antipa’ Natural History
Museum, Bucharest. Originals by Paul Vecsei, 1996.
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