Scaphirhynchus

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Scaphirhynchus

a genus of fishes of the family Acipenseridae. The snout is flattened, and the caudal peduncle is elongated and covered with bony plates. There are two species, found in North America in the basin of the Mississippi River. The shovelnose sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus platorhychus) reaches a length of 90 cm. It deposits its eggs between April and June in streams with rocky bottoms, and it feeds mainly on insect larvae. The shovelnose sturgeon is commercially valuable. The pallid sturgeon (S. albus), which is the least common of the two species, has no commercial value. It reaches a length of 1 m.

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No references found			Albuquerque Valley Fish taxa Status (a) 1984 1998-2001 Scaphirhynchus platorynchus Native -- -- Lepisosteus osseus Native (b) -- -- Anguilla rostrata Native -- -- Dorosoma cepedianum Native (c) -- 0. Changing fish faunas in two reaches of the Rio Grande in the ... by Hoagstrom, Christopher W.; Remshardt, W. Jason; Smith, Jude R.; Brooks, James E. / Southwestern Naturalist Alignment of the Scaphirhynchus and Polyodon mtDNA sequences resulted in a total of 941 characters, including gaps. MITOCHONDRIAL-DNA VARIATION IN PALLID AND SHOVELNOSE STURGEONS, ... by Bischof, Richard; Szalanski, Allen L. / Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences appendix, American brook lamprey 2 1 Acipenseridae Scaphirhynchus platorynchus, shovelnose sturgeon 4 1 4 Polyodontidae Polyodon spathula, paddlefish 26 Lepisosteidae Lepisosteus oculatus, spotted gar L. Changes in the condition of the Wabash River drainage from 1990-2004 by Simon, Thomas P. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science			scanning radiometer scanning sequence scanning sonar scanning speed scanning spot scanning switch scanning transmission electron microscope scanning tunneling microscope scanning yoke Scanning, Optical scanno Scansion scansorial scant scantle scantling scantlings SCAP Scapa Flow Scapanorhychidae Scape scapegoat scapha Scaphidiidae Scaphiopus Scaphirhynchus scaphocephaly scaphoid scaphopod Scaphopoda Scapolite scapolitization scapple Scapula scapular scapulary tablet scapulet scapulus scapus Scar scar tissue Scarab scarab beetle Scarabaeidae Scarabaeoidea Scarabaeus Scarabeidae scarabiasis Scaramouche Scaravaglione, Concetta Scarborough			Scapegoat Wax scapegoated scapegoated scapegoating scapegoating scapegoating scapegoats scapegoats scapegrace scapegrace scapegraces scapegraces Scapel Scapel Scapel Scapeless Scapement scapes scapes scapewheel SCAPGR scapha scapha Scaphander Scaphidiidae Scaphiopus Scaphiopus Scaphiopus bombifrons Scaphiopus hammondii Scaphiopus multiplicatus Scaphirhynchus Scaphism Scaphismus Scaphite scapho- scaphocephalic scaphocephalic scaphocephalic scaphocephaly scaphocephaly scaphocephaly Scaphocerite Scaphognathite scaphoid scaphoid scaphoid scaphoid abdomen scaphoid abdomen scaphoid abdomen scaphoid bone scaphoid bone scaphoid bone Scaphoid Lunate Triquetrum Pisiform scaphoid megalourethra Scaphoid Nonunion Advanced Collapse scaphoid scapula Scaphoid, Trapezium and Trapezoid Scaphoid-Trapezium-Trapezoid Subluxation scaphoiditis scaphoids scaphoids

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