Biologist with gulf sturgeon

a man holding a big fish with a pointy nose half underwater
Photo By/Credit

Hagerty, Ryan/USFWS

Date Shot/Created
07/31/2018
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
The Gulf sturgeon traces its ancestry back 200 million years and little has changed with the appearance of this fish since. . This prehistoric fish reaches lengths of up to nine feet can weigh up to 300 pounds.
Species
Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi
Subject tags
Adults
Biologists (USFWS)
Employees (USFWS)
Endangered and/or Threatened species
Fishes
Research
Work of the Service