What does the Gulf sturgeon look like, and where does it live?
The fish is easily recognized by a row of bony plates, or scutes, along the body. It can grow longer than 9 feet and weigh more than 300 pounds. It has a suction-type mouth located beneath its head. The Gulf sturgeon lives in the northern Gulf of Mexico, bays, estuaries and in major rivers in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. It is an anadromous fish, migrating into freshwater from saltwater to spawn.
