Sturgeon vs Salmon - What's the difference?
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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,
* 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 ,
* 2002 , Elizabeth Grossman, Watershed: The Undamming of America ,
* 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 ,
* 2006 , Samuel M. McGinnis, Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes of California , Revised Edition,
* 2010 , Molly Aloian, The Yangtze: China's Majestic River ,
One of several species of fish, typically of the Salmoninae subfamily.
A yellowish pink colour, the colour of cooked salmon.
(Cockney rhyming slang) snout (tobacco; from salmon and trout )
* 1992 , The Shamen (band), (Ebeneezer Goode) (song)
Having a yellowish pink colour.
* 1977 , , The Honourable Schoolboy , Folio Society 2010, p. 155:
As a noun sturgeon
is 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.As a proper noun salmon is
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English
(wikipedia sturgeon)Noun
(en-noun)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).
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.
page 41,
- Long and snout-nosed with rows of platelike bony protrusions, sturgeon have a dinosaur-era look.
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).
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.
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.
Synonyms
* (fish of family Acipenseridae) acipenseridSee also
* acipenserine * caviar * isinglasssalmon
English
(wikipedia salmon)Noun
(en-noun)- Got any salmon ?
Synonyms
* (fish) lax * (smoked salmon) lox * (colour) salmon pinkDerived terms
* Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar ) * (Salmo salar ) * beaked salmon () * (Salmo salar ) * (Oncorhynchus nerka ) * ) * (Salmo salar ) * ) * chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha ) * chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta ) * coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch ) * Danube salmon (Hucho hucho ) * ) * dog salmon (Oncorhynchus keta ) * (Salmo salar ) * ) * humpback salmon () * (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha ) * (Oncorhynchus nerka ) * land-locked salmon (Salmo salar ) * Nova Scotia salmon * (Salmo salar ) * (Oncorhynchus spp.) * ) * (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha ) * (Oncorhynchus nerka ) * rock salmon * salmon and trout * (Cacatua moluccensis ) * salmon day * (Eucalyptus spp.) * salmon ladder * salmon leap * salmon peel * ) * ) * salmon trout (Salmo gairdneri ) * ) * salmonberry () * salmonid * (Salmo salar ) * silver salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch'', ''Salmo salar ) * smoked salmon * (Oncorhynchus nerka ) * spring salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha ) * (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha )Adjective
(-)- Smiley and Guillam perched disconsolately beneath it, on a bench of salmon velvet.