Talk:Shortnose sturgeon

A fact from Shortnose sturgeon appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 27 August 2007. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that male Shortnose sturgeon (pictured) breed annually and live to age 30, while females breed triennially and live to age 67?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2007/August.

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The picture on the taxobox is not a shortnose sturgeon

I emailed USF&WS about this error. Also, could not find the image (one that was on taxobox) at the USF&WS Digital Library website as cited in the Commons license, which means it is invalid anyway. The image is a young lake sturgeon, not a shortnose sturgeon. See the following images so you'll know what a shortnose sturgeon looks like if you've never seen one.[1] The end of their snout does not turn up, rather their snout is short, fat, and round. USF&WS also misidentified another photograph of a large Gulf sturgeon, and labeled it a shortnose sturgeon. [2]. It's preposterous. Atsme☯^Consult 04:00, 13 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

---> FROM A DIFFERENT WIKI USER: I am a recreational fisherman on one of the rivers they inhabit and absolutely agree - that fish does not look at ALL like a shortnose. Very misleading. The "real" photograph is correct but the drawn one is absolutely of a different species. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.163.93.160 (talk • contribs) 20:11, November 29, 2015‎

Canadian species at risk report

Possibly useful as background: http://www.sararegistry.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&n=E7D5D731-1 COSEWIC Assessment and Status Report on the Shortnose Sturgeon Acipenser brevirostrum in Canada - 2015 Eastmain (talk • contribs) 21:15, 6 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]