Sturgeon

Sturgeon is the common name for the 27 species of fish belonging to the family Acipenseridae. Their evolution dates back to the Triassic some 245 to 208 million years ago. The family is grouped into four genera: Acipenser, Huso, Scaphirhynchus and Pseudoscaphirhynchus. Four species may now be extinct. Two closely related species, Polyodon spathula (paddlefish) and Psephurus gladius (Chinese paddlefish, possibly extinct) are of the same order, Acipenseriformes, but are in the family Polyodontidae and are not considered to be "true" sturgeons. Both sturgeons and paddlefish have been referred to as "primitive fishes" because their morphological characteristics have remained relatively unchanged since the earliest fossil record. Sturgeons are native to subtropical, temperate and sub-Arctic rivers, lakes and coastlines of Eurasia and North America.

Sturgeons are long-lived, late-maturing fishes with distinctive characteristics, such as a heterocercal caudal fin similar to that of sharks, and an elongated spindle-like body that is smooth-skinned, scaleless and armored with 5 lateral rows of bony plates called scutes. Several species can grow quite large, typically ranging 7–12 feet (2-3½ m) in length. The largest sturgeon on record was a Beluga female captured in the Volga estuary in 1827, weighing 1,571 kg (3,463 lb) and 7.2 m (24 ft) long. Most sturgeons are anadromous bottom-feeders which migrate upstream to spawn but spend most of their lives feeding in river deltas and estuaries. Some species inhabit freshwater environments exclusively while others primarily inhabit marine environments near coastal areas, and are known to venture into open ocean.

Sturgeon (surname)

Sturgeon is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Barbara Sturgeon, British broadcaster
  • Bobby Sturgeon (1919–2007), American Major League Baseball player
  • Daniel Sturgeon (1789–1878), American physician, banker and Democratic Party politician
  • Henry Sturgeon (died 1814), British Army officer of the Napoleonic Wars
  • Nicola Sturgeon (born 1970), Scottish politician, Scottish National Party MSP for Glasgow Govan and First Minister of Scotland
  • Peter Sturgeon (born 1954), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Peter A. Sturgeon (1916-2005), American scholar, brother of Theodore Sturgeon
  • Rollin S. Sturgeon (1877–1961), American silent film director
  • Theodore Sturgeon (1918–1985), American science fiction author, brother of Peter A. Sturgeon
  • William Sturgeon (1783–1850), English physicist and inventor who made the first electromagnets
  • Sturgeon (provincial electoral district)

    Sturgeon is a former provincial electoral district that existed from 1905 to 1940 in Alberta, Canada.

    Election results

    1905 general election

    References

    External links

  • Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta

  • Podcasts:

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    Jingle Jangle

    by: Sturgeon

    Row with the drone
    Change coming slow
    Nothing left to move me
    Cuz of what I found
    All of life's contusions
    Might just bring me down, bring me down
    My will has come undone
    Ticking of the clock goes on
    Another voice without a word
    Waiting for tomorrow
    For a change to be designed
    Inner-Brain technology
    Cannot be assigned
    All I've left is broken
    Heard it all before
    All I've got surrounded
    Tow it down the hall, down the hall
    Your words are left unsung
    Holding off the sharpened tongue
    Another voice without a word
    Far away in a soul turned to gray
    Take a stroll through your mental decay
    Cannot stay any longer this way
    Takes its toll till they cart you away
    Listen to drone
    Changes coming slow
    Nothing left to move me
    Cuz of what I know, what I know
    When there's nothing left to fear
    I believe that I will hear




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