The lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens), also known as the rock sturgeon, [7] is a North American temperate freshwater fish, one of about 25 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 is a prehistoric species with a shark-like tail and bony plate-armored covering. Lake sturgeon are widely distributed across the eastern and central United States and Canada. Contrary to its name, lake sturgeon can thrive in both lakes and rivers.

2024年1月30日 · Lake sturgeon can live to be 150 years. The lake sturgeon requires large bodies of water with connections to much smaller streams for spawning. They were historically very abundant in both the Ohio River and Lake Erie and would make spawning runs far up tributaries of both of these.

The lake sturgeon is found primarily in freshwater lakes and large rivers in northeastern North America, but also occurs in the brackish waters of Hudson Bay and the St. Lawrence River.

Also known as the rock sturgeon, the lake sturgeon is one of 27 species of sturgeon, a family of bony fish that found around the world that first appears in the fossil record more than 200...

Lake Sturgeon, sometimes called a living dinosaur of the fish world, are a remnant of an ancient and primitive group of fish that have cartilaginous skeletons and bony plates in their skin.

2025年2月11日 · After confirming Herzig’s fish as a female lake sturgeon, DNR personnel recorded a weight of 180.5 pounds, with a 79.3-inch length. While short of the Winnebago Lake sturgeon record of 212.2 pounds, Herzig’s fish is still a giant for the well-known fishery.