Courtesy of California Dept. of Fish and Wildlife
The sturgeon is an ancient and iconic species of fish. Long and bony, with a body covered in armored plates known as scutes, the sturgeon has been called a “living fossil” with evolutionary roots dating back to the time of the dinosaurs.
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