Green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris) is a saltwater, freshwater, brackish species recorded in the United States. It is found at depths of 0–80 m.
Scientific name: Acipenser medirostris · Water: Saltwater, Freshwater, Brackish
Size: up to 270 cm
The green sturgeon is an acipenserid found in estuaries, the lower reaches of large rivers and in salt or brackish water off river mouths, from the surface down to 80 m. Its range runs from the Aleutian Islands and the Gulf of Alaska to Ensenada in Mexico, and adults probably spawn in fresh water and may cover considerable distances in the ocean. Maximum length is about 270 cm total length, commonly about 130 cm, and it can live 60 years. It is a minor commercial species and a gamefish. Fishing vulnerability is very high at 80 of 100 and resilience low, and climate vulnerability is high to very high at 67 of 100. IUCN lists it as endangered, and it is on CITES and CMS Appendix II.
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