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Atlantic Sturgeon
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Atlantic Sturgeon scutes

Atlantic Sturgeon close-up

The bony body armor on the Atlantic Sturgeon are called scutes. They offer additional protection to the fish.

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Atlantic Sturgeon on ocean floor

Atlantic Sturgeon on ocean floor

Atlantic Sturgeon typically stay at the bottoms of the oceans and rivers they inhabit.

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Atlantic Sturgeon with school of small fish. Big Atlantic sturgeon floats in deep blue salt water with other fishes, close-up photo with shallow DOF

Atlantic Sturgeon surrounded by smaller fish

Normally traveling in schools, these Atlantic Sturgeons are amid a school of smaller fish.

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Atlantic sturgeon on white background Sturgeon fish isolated on white background

Atlantic Sturgeon on white background

Atlantic Sturgeon are anadromous, meaning they live in salt water but move to freshwater to spawn.

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