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Acipenseridae (Sturgeons)
Etymology: Scaphirhynchus: Greek, skaphe, -eos = boat + Greek, rhyngchos = snout (Ref. 45335); albus: From the word albus, meaning white (Ref. 10294).
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
; eau douce démersal; potamodrome (Ref. 130035). Subtropical; 44°N - 30°N
North America: nearly restricted to main channels of Missouri River and lower Mississippi River from Montana to Louisiana in USA.
Longueur à la première maturité / Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 200 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 58490); common length : 81.7 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 12193); poids max. publié: 130.0 kg (Ref. 52332); âge max. reporté: 41 années (Ref. 32514)
Absence of scalelike scutes on belly; bases of outer barbels usually behind bases of inner barbels (Ref. 86798).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Adults inhabit large, deep, turbid river channels, usually in strong current over firm sand or gravel (Ref. 10294, 58490). They feed on aquatic insect immatures, particularly caddisfly larvae, and small fish (Ref. 10294). Threatened due to over harvesting and habitat loss (Ref. 58490). No length type given but assumed to be in TL.
Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott, 1991. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (20):183 p. (Ref. 3814)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf.
82804): PD
50 = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00363 (0.00170 - 0.00775), b=3.23 (3.05 - 3.41), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 3.9 ±0.63 se; based on food items.
Generation time: 16.8 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 2
growth studies.
Résilience (Réf.
120179): Faible, temps minimum de doublement de population : 4,5 à 14 années (tm=5-15; Fec=170,000, tmax=41(based on 1 specimen only)).
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref.
59153): High to very high vulnerability (67 of 100).
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