Sturgeon vs Whiting - 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 ,
A fine white chalk used in paints, putty, whitewash etc.
A fish, , similar to cod, found in the North Atlantic.
Any of several marine fish found in North American coastal waters, including (the silver hake).
As nouns the difference between sturgeon and whiting
is that 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 while whiting is a fine white chalk used in paints, putty, whitewash etc.sturgeon
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(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).
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- 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.
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- Long and snout-nosed with rows of platelike bony protrusions, sturgeon have a dinosaur-era look.
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- 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).
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- 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.
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- 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.
