The Official North American Native Fish Collecting Thread

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Do you know which species are commonly sold in pet stores? The lfs I bought it from told me he's a starlet, but description fit a shovel nose instead. I was told this is the smallest species of sturgeon can can thrive in warmer water than other sturgeons.
 
Its too hard to get good a good picture of him and I suck at using cameras. I was just hoping maybe the location of the eyes or mouth might give it away. Do you know at what size I will be able to identify it? Thanks for your help.
 
Its too hard to get good a good picture of him and I suck at using cameras. I was just hoping maybe the location of the eyes or mouth might give it away. Do you know at what size I will be able to identify it? Thanks for your help.
Looks like a sterlet shovelnose have a different head and tail.
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I was hoping its a shovel nose since they stay smaller but didnt know the difference. Thats good you know what you're talking about.
 
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