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### Taxonomy: View taxonomy in ITIS 

### Listing Status: Threatened General Information Green Sturgeon are among the largest and longes t living species found in freshwater, living up to 70 years and weighing up to 350 pounds. They rese mble some sort of prehistoric creature, possessing a skeleton that is morecartilage than bone an d rows of bony pl ates for protection rather than scales. Green Sturgeon are olive green in color and have a vacuum cleaner-like mouth that is used to siphon food. States/US Territoriesin which the green sturg eon, Southern DPS is k nown to or is believed to occur: California US Counties in which the green stur geon, Southern DPS is known to or is believed to occur: View All USFWS Refugesin which the green stur geon, Southern DPS is kn own to occur: Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge , Grays Harbor Nati onal Wildlife Refuge, Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Ref uge, Nestucca Bay Nati onal Wildlife Refuge, North Central Valley Wildlife Management Area ... Show All Refuges Countriesin which the the green st urgeon, Southern DPS is known to occur: Canada
Current Listing Status Summary Conserving the Nature of America U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Search ECOS Species Profile for green sturgeon (Acipens er medirostris) http://ecos.fws.gov/tess_p ublic/profile/speciesProfile.action?spcode=E09 K

1 of 3 4/21/2016 10:26 AMStatus Date Listed Lead Region Where Listed Threatened 06/06/2006 National Marine Fisheries Service (National Marine Fisheries Service) Southern DPS - See 50 CFR 223.102



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07/23/2014 79 FR 42687 42696 Marine and Anadr omous Taxa: Additions, Removal, Updat e Threatened Wildlife 04/04/2007 72 FR 16284 16286 A dding Four Marine Taxa to th e List of Endangered and T h (DPS) of green stur geon (Acipenser medi rostris), staghorn corals, and the Southern Resi dent killer wh ale DPS (Orcin u 04/07/2006 71 FR 17757 17766 NMFS:Threatened Status for S outhern DistinctPopulation 11/15/1994 59 FR 58982 59028 ETWP; Animal Candidate Reviewfor Listing as Endangere Date Citation Page Title

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2 of 3 4/21/2016 10:26 AMNo petitions have been re ceived for this species.



### » Life History No Life History information has been enter ed into this system for this species.



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