Gizmo's Next Two Years by gizmo563
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The pallid sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus albus, habitat ranges the entire length of the Missouri, into the Mississippi River south to New Orleans. They prefer large, turbid, free-flowing river habitat with rocky substrate. Populations today are severely restricted due to dam construction along the length of the Missouri River, so the pallid sturgeon was listed as an endangered species in 1990. Because of this there is a lot of research going on to in attempts to recover the species. I have been fortunate enough to be a part of the effort. I have started my master's program doing a population genetics study on the sturgeon in the Missouri river. This is a photo I snapped of a rather unlucky fellow who was scheduled for termination because he and several others from his year class are infected with a virus and cannot be released to infect other fish.
Comments (22)
thefixer
Well I've seen a lot of fish while diving, but that is really something else, creepy looking fella!!
Flannelman
Incredible fish/bio. Good luck on your masters. ;-)
KarmaSong
Amazing fish! Lovely capture , thank you for sharing!
erlandpil
Good shot erland
Ionel
Great capture! Very interesting image!!!
viper
I first thought this was some sort of photo manipulation, what an amazing fish that is.
TomDart
Yes, to see one in real life made me think primitive life form..a majestic animal in its own right and I do hope it can survive. Daming of rivers around here has cost us the mussels to a great extent and likely some fish we will never know about. Are there paddlefish in the Missouri, also? I will IM on that one. Best wishes in the education and is effecting some good.
Liam.
Great POV
zoren
first one I've seen, very cool!!
lue
Nice one, I am not sure if it is same spices as the one from Russia but in there they have problems also with all kinds of posions and rest of the things and they are protected but not enugh of people to take care of them and then black market too. I was fortunet to have chance to see them in pools for new generations which is awsom too bad this fish had lived for so many millions of years and now so few of them. Good luck with project I hope it will be worthed.
MrsLubner
Our sturgeon are disappearing here. They think over fished but the dams and divergence place a huge part as well. They were harvested for their roe for a very long time. I hope they come back. They are so very prehistoric!
-seek-
very cool looking fish! thanks for sharing this. :)
rominikov
Really good POV on this photo, it does look very unique, you picked a good angle for this shot as well.
ledwolorz
Great shot.
rainbows
Never seen anything like this.. a superb capture. Good luck with the Masters. I hope that these creatures will survive. Hugs. Diane.
sirvictor
great shot very interstin fish
delaorden_ojeda
impressive !, I have never seen one like that, excelent capture !
misha_d
Very touching story, yes we became the most dangerous predators on Earth... Great shot, it shows how much you care for that fellow. Keep it up!
Hawk23
Good luck with the Masters oh Smart one :-)
Jay-el-Jay
A great picture of this very unusual looking fish.It looks prehistoric.Good luck with your work.
JeffG7BRJ
I keep koi and other ornimental fish in my pond and I see sturgeon whenever I go to the pond stockists, I have never thought about buying one though, I think they are rather ugly fish myself. Excellent capture of this one, a shame he faces the chop, but the virus cannot be allowed to pass to other fish. Excellent capture, good luck with your degree. Bravo!!!!!
MagikUnicorn
Cool shot