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Noun(1) large primitive fishes valued for their flesh and roe; widely distributed in the North Temperate Zone

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(1) White sturgeon and sockeye salmon both come to freshwater to spawn.(2) Either a basal gnathostome such as a shark or a basal actinopterygian such as a sturgeon would be equally instructive.(3) Place sturgeon in a non-reactive dish pour marinade over and turn to coat completely.(4) Grilled sturgeon is lavishly drenched in black vinegar and eggplant.(5) The lake sturgeon is a fish of temperate waters and is found only in the Northern Hemisphere in North America.(6) Happily, on several rivers, the sturgeon now thrive and have become an important fishery resource once again.(7) The Razumovskiy carries smoked or cured sturgeon and salmon for between 31 and 75 roubles for 100 grams.(8) Transfer the sturgeon to a cutting board and reserve any excess liquid.(9) The river once teemed with sturgeon - fish so swollen with eggs their weight can exceed 2000 pounds.(10) The same day, another couple was driving a boat on the river when a sturgeon jumped up and smashed into the boat's windshield.(11) Shortnose sturgeon are diadromous sturgeons found in rivers along the east coast of North America from New Brunswick to Georgia.(12) Caught primarily for their unfertilized eggs, which are processed to yield caviar, sturgeons and paddlefishes are particularly vulnerable to overfishing.(13) Since sturgeons and paddlefish have lost many traits of most bony fish - they lack scales and have a cartilaginous skeleton - their fossil records are very sparse.(14) The tail fin of most ray-finned fish, with the exception of sturgeons and paddlefish, is homocercal, nearly symmetrical about the midline.(15) Also, being closely related to sturgeons (family Acipenseridae), American paddlefish produce highly coveted roe, or caviar.(16) Other fishes, such as catfishes and burbots, probably eat the young shovelnose sturgeons .