Species
Acipenser transmontanus (White sturgeon)
Acipenser transmontanus. Photo: (c) Noah Jenkins, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
White sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) is a species of sturgeon in the family Acipenseridae of the order Acipenseriformes. They are an anadromous fish species ranging in the Eastern Pacific; from the Gulf of Alaska to Monterey, California. However, some are landlocked in the Columbia River Drainage, Montana, and Lake Shasta in California, with reported sightings in northern Baja California, Mexico.
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