1. THE SHORTNOSE
STURGEON
RAYMOND HOWARD

2. FOOD/DIET
 BETHIC FEEDERS-THEY ARE BETHIC FEEDERS
 EXTENDABLE LIPS TO SIPHON
 VACUUMS UP ITS FOOD
 YOUNG SHORTNOSE’S EAT INSECTS AND
CRUSTACEANS
 ADULTS EAT SMALL MOLLUSKS, INSECT LARVE,
AND CRUSTACEANS

3. THERE DISCRIPTION
 1m LONG(3 FEET)
 ADULTS POSESS SHORT BLUNT AND A
ROUNDED MOUTH
 FOUR ROWS OF BONY PLATES
 HAS A YELLOW BROWN TO A BLACKISH OLIVE
DORSAL FACE
 SHORTEST OUT OF ALL STURGEONS

4. HABITAT
 SPAWN IN FRESH WATER
 ENTER SALTWATER
 POPULATIONS ARE RIVERINE
 SPAWN IN FAST-FLOWING ROCKY RIVERS
 AQUATIC VEGETATION TO FEED
 ONE IN MERRIMICACK RIVER AND TWO IN
CONNETICUTT RIVER

5. LIFE HISTORY
 SPAWN EVERY YEAR
 HIDE UNDER ROCKS
 DON’T REACH MATURITY UNTIL 5-10 YEARS
OLD
 MALES LIVE FOR TWO YEARS
 FEMALES FOR 5 YEARS
 LIVE UP TO TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS OLD
 RECORD IS SIXTY-SEVEN FOR FEMALES AND
THIRTY-TWO FOR MALES

6. DISTRIBUTION
 HAS NINE-TEEN DISTINCT POPULATIONS
 GROUPS OF 26,000 TO 50,000

7. STATUS
 VULNERABLE IUCN ; ENDANGERED
USFWS ; APPENDIX I, CITIES

8. WHY THERE ENDANGERED
 Shortnose Sturgeons are endangered because
of pollution, hunting/fishing, and beaver dams.
The thing that can be done to save the Shortnose
Sturgeon is to prevent fishing, pollution, and
beaver dams. Beaver dams prevent them from
swimming up and down the river. Prevent
hunting/fishing by not wanting to eat them. Prevent
pollution by not polluting the waters/rivers and the
atmosphere.

9. CLASS, PHYLUM, FAMILY AND THERE
RANGE
 THERE CLASS IS CALLED ACTINOPTERYGII,
THERE PHYLUM IS CALLED CHORDATA,
THERE FAMILY IS ATLANTIC STURGEON AND
THERE RANGE IS FROM THE ATLANTIC
COAST TO CANADA AND U. S. A.

10. Thanks for watching
 If you have any questions ask the author
( Raymond Howard )