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Webster 1913 Edition
Sturgeon
Stur′geon
,Noun.
[F.
esturgeon
, LL. sturio
, sturgio
, OHG. sturjo
, G. stör
; akin to AS. styria
, styriga
.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of large cartilaginous ganoid fishes belonging to
Acipenser
and allied genera of the family Acipenseridae
. They run up rivers to spawn, and are common on the coasts and in the large rivers and lakes of North America, Europe, and Asia. Caviar is prepared from the roe, and isinglass from the air bladder. ☞ The common North American species are
Acipenser sturio
of the Atlantic coast region, Acipenser transmontanus
of the Pacific coast, and Acipenser rubicundus
of the Mississippi River and its tributaries. In Europe, the common species is Acipenser sturio
, and other well-known species are the sterlet and the huso. The sturgeons are included in the order Chondrostei
. Their body is partially covered by five rows of large, carinated, bony plates, of which one row runs along the back. The tail is heterocercal. The toothless and protrusile mouth is beneath the head, and has four barbels in front. Webster 1828 Edition
Sturgeon
STURGEON
,Noun.
Definition 2024
sturgeon
sturgeon
See also: Sturgeon
English
A sturgeon
Noun
sturgeon (plural sturgeon or sturgeons)
- Any marine or freshwater fish of the family Acipenseridae that are prized for their roe and are endemic to temperate seas and rivers of the northern hemisphere, especially central Eurasia.
- 1961, W. N. Holmes, Edward M. Donaldson, 1: Body Compartments and the Distribution of Electrolytes, William Stewart Hoar, David J. Randall (editors), Fish Physiology, Volume 1, page 57,
- An investigation has been carried out into the changes in blood chemistry which occur during the migration of young sturgeon and spawned adults from freshwater into saltwater and of the migration of prespawning adults in the reverse direction by Magnin (1962).
- 1997, M. L. Khrykhtin, V. G. Svirsky, Sturgeon catch and the current status of sturgeon stocks in the Amur River, Andreas Bauer, Astrid Kaiser-Pohlmann, Sturgeon Stocks and Caviar Trade Workshop: Proceedings, page 29,
- Strict regulation of the catch was introduced in the Soviet Union in 1976 in order to prevent overfishing of the sexually mature sturgeons in the river.
- 2002, Elizabeth Grossman, Watershed: The Undamming of America, page 41,
- Long and snout-nosed with rows of platelike bony protrusions, sturgeon have a dinosaur-era look.
- 2006, Richard N. Williams, James A. Lichatowich, Madison S. Powell, 4: The Diversity, Structure and Status of Populations, Richard N. Williams (editor), Return to the River: Restoring Salmon Back to the Columbia River, page 156,
- Information on the spawning period, spawning behavior, and other details of the reproductive biology of green sturgeon in the Columbia River is lacking (Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife 1995).
- 2006, Samuel M. McGinnis, Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes of California, Revised Edition, page 139,
- Only about one out of every 80 sturgeons caught in the Sacramento River is a Green Sturgeon, and that lopsided ratio is reversed for sturgeons taken in the Klamath River.
- 2010, Molly Aloian, The Yangtze: China's Majestic River, page 22,
- In 2009, 120,000 Chinese sturgeons were released into the Yangtze River in an effort to boost the population of the endangered species in the wild.
- 1961, W. N. Holmes, Edward M. Donaldson, 1: Body Compartments and the Distribution of Electrolytes, William Stewart Hoar, David J. Randall (editors), Fish Physiology, Volume 1, page 57,
Synonyms
- (fish of family Acipenseridae): acipenserid
Translations
fish of family Acipenseridae
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