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Russian sturgeon (Acipenser gueldenstaedtii) swimming along the seafloor of the Black Sea.
Shovelnose sturgeons, which belong to the genus Scaphirhynchus, are native to the Mississippi River and its tributaries in North America. They are specifically found throughout the Mississippi drainage system.21