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White Sturgeon

(Acipenser transmontanus)

 

     
   
 
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All Photographs by Christie Boone, University of California, Santa Cruz

Pelvic Fin Pectoral Fin Cranial Region Caudal Fin Abdominal Vertebrae Caudal Vertebrae

Cranial Region

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Cranium

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Dentary
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Dermopalatine

             
Ectopterygoid
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Entropterygoid

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Hyomandibula

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Jugal
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Opercular Series

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Parasphenoid
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Postfrontal Dermosphenotic
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Postorbital          

Prearticular

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Quadratojugal              
Suborbital
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Supracleithum          
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Scutes

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Pectoral Girdle and Fin

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First Pectoral Fin Ray
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Pectoral
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Caudal Fin

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Caudal Fin
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References:

Lamb, A. and P. Edgell
1986 Coastal Fishes of the Pacific Northwest. Harbour Publishing, Canada.

Pelvic Fin Pectoral Fin Cranial Region Caudal Fin Abdominal Vertebrae Caudal Vertebrae

 

Cranial Region Pelvic Fin Pectoral Fin Abdominal Region Caudal Vertebrae Caudal Fin