white sturgeon

American  

noun

1. a dark gray sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus, inhabiting marine and fresh waters along the northwestern coast of North America, valued as a food and sport fish.

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Example Sentences

State officials are conducting a review to determine whether to protect white sturgeon, the largest freshwater fish in North America, as a threatened species.

From Los Angeles Times

In waters near the restoration site, River Partners has documented spawning Chinook salmon, steelhead trout and white sturgeon.

From Los Angeles Times

They warned that would exacerbate recent declines in native fish such as Chinook salmon, longfin smelt, white sturgeon and endangered delta smelt.

From Los Angeles Times

The white sturgeon, which has a cartilaginous skeleton like sharks and rays, is now decomposing a few feet away from the Log Boom Park swim beach.

From Seattle Times

“Farming white sturgeon is one of the great conservation success stories in North America that no one really talks much about,” Gross says.

From Seattle Times