I recently saw this white sturgeon sculpture at the Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport, Oregon. They are the largest freshwater fish in North America.
A couple months later, I watched these white sturgeon swimming around at the Oregon Zoo. These fish were three or four feet long, but this species can reach lengths of over 14 feet and weigh more than 1,500 pounds. Sturgeon can live more than 100 years.
Here in Oregon, white sturgeon live mainly in large freshwater streams and estuaries along the coast. They occasionally travel into the ocean.
Here is a picture of a much younger white sturgeon taken at the High Desert Museum several years ago. I wouldn’t mind having a sturgeon sculpture of this size fish. The other fish pictured are trout.
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Wonderful post. How mind-boggling that they can potentially live so long!!!!!
Thanks! They are certainly a unique fish.
The USS Sturgeon SSN637 was a fast attack submarine. The first of it’s class. Silent, deep-running, and efficient. I spent a few years riding Sturgeon a class boat. Thanks for the post.
Thanks! It sounds as though that submarine was well named.