Lake sturgeon: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the lake sturgeon lives – recorded in 2 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Acipenser fulvescens
Group	Bony fish
Status	Endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	2 countries
Continents	North America
Class	Ray-finned fish
Order	Acipenseriformes
Family	Acipenseridae

Where does the lake sturgeon live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the lake sturgeon in 2 countries and territories across North America. In United States it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

Canada
United States (introduced)

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the lake sturgeon endangered?

The lake sturgeon’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Endangered” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the lake sturgeon?

The lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) is a ray-finned fish in the order Acipenseriformes and the family Acipenseridae, genus Huso. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the lake sturgeon

The lake sturgeon (Huso fulvescens), also known as the rock sturgeon, is a North American temperate freshwater fish, one of 27 species of sturgeon. Like other sturgeons, this species is a bottom feeder and has a partly cartilaginous skeleton, an overall streamlined shape, and skin bearing rows of bony plates on the sides and back.

The lake sturgeon uses its elongated, spade-like snout to stir up the substrate and sediments on the beds of rivers and lakes to feed. Four sensory organs (barbels) hang near its mouth to help the sturgeon locate bottom-dwelling prey. Lake sturgeons can grow to a large size for freshwater fish, up to 7.25 ft (2.2 m) long and 240 lbs (108 kg).

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Lake sturgeon (revision 1381203988), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1387932 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).