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Sturgeon vs Salmon - What's the difference?

sturgeon | salmon |

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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sturgeon

Noun

(en-noun)
  • 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, 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).
  • * 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 , 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.
  • * 2002 , Elizabeth Grossman, Watershed: The Undamming of America , page 41,
  • Long and snout-nosed with rows of platelike bony protrusions, sturgeon have a dinosaur-era look.
  • * 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 , 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).
  • * 2006 , Samuel M. McGinnis, Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes of California , Revised Edition, 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.
  • * 2010 , Molly Aloian, The Yangtze: China's Majestic 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) acipenserid

    See also

    * acipenserine * caviar * isinglass

    salmon

    English

    (wikipedia salmon)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • 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)
  • Got any salmon ?

    Synonyms

    * (fish) lax * (smoked salmon) lox * (colour) salmon pink

    Derived 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

    (-)
  • Having a yellowish pink colour.
  • * 1977 , , The Honourable Schoolboy , Folio Society 2010, p. 155:
  • Smiley and Guillam perched disconsolately beneath it, on a bench of salmon velvet.

    See also

    * * alevin * anadromous * arctic char * blackfish * coarse fish * gravlax * grilse * kelt * kipper * lox * parr * redfish * smolt * sockeye * trout * yolk fry