RAYMOND HOWARD
THE SHORTNOSE STURGEON
FOOD/DIET
BETHIC FEEDERS-THEY ARE BETHIC FEEDERS
EXTENDABLE LIPS TO SIPHONVACUUMS UP ITS FOODYOUNG SHORTNOSE’S EAT INSECTS AND
CRUSTACEANSADULTS EAT SMALL MOLLUSKS, INSECT
LARVE, AND CRUSTACEANS
THERE DISCRIPTION
1m LONG(3 FEET)ADULTS POSESS SHORT BLUNT AND A
ROUNDED MOUTHFOUR ROWS OF BONY PLATESHAS A YELLOW BROWN TO A BLACKISH
OLIVE DORSAL FACESHORTEST OUT OF ALL STURGEONS
HABITAT
SPAWN IN FRESH WATERENTER SALTWATERPOPULATIONS ARE RIVERINESPAWN IN FAST-FLOWING ROCKY RIVERSAQUATIC VEGETATION TO FEEDONE IN MERRIMICACK RIVER AND TWO IN
CONNETICUTT RIVER
LIFE HISTORY
SPAWN EVERY YEARHIDE UNDER ROCKSDON’T REACH MATURITY UNTIL 5-10
YEARS OLDMALES LIVE FOR TWO YEARSFEMALES FOR 5 YEARSLIVE UP TO TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS OLDRECORD IS SIXTY-SEVEN FOR FEMALES
AND THIRTY-TWO FOR MALES
DISTRIBUTION
HAS NINE-TEEN DISTINCT POPULATIONS
GROUPS OF 26,000 TO 50,000
STATUS
VULNERABLE IUCN ; ENDANGERED USFWS ; APPENDIX I, CITIES
WHY THERE ENDANGERED
Shortnose Sturgeons are endangered because of pollution, hunting/fishing, and beaver dams. The thing that can be done to save the Shortnose Sturgeon is to prevent fishing, pollution, and beaver dams. Beaver dams prevent them from swimming up and down the river. Prevent hunting/fishing by not wanting to eat them. Prevent pollution by not polluting the waters/rivers and the atmosphere.
CLASS, PHYLUM, FAMILY AND THERE RANGE
THERE CLASS IS CALLED ACTINOPTERYGII, THERE PHYLUM IS CALLED CHORDATA, THERE FAMILY IS ATLANTIC STURGEON AND THERE RANGE IS FROM THE ATLANTIC COAST TO CANADA AND U. S. A.
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