Pallid Sturgeon Quiz answers
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1. The status of the pallid sturgeon is?
2. Pallid sturgeon evolved from a group of fishes that were dominant during the:
A. Late Cretaceous period
3. The pallid's mouth is toothless and positioned under the snout for:
C. Sucking small fish and other food items from the river bottom
4. Pallid sturgeon are slow to mature and female pallids might spawn only once every:
5. The pallid sturgeon was the first fish species of the Missouri River identified as needing a protection and recovery plan under the:
D. Endangered Species Act
6. Pallid sturgeon appear to prefer:
A. Large, free-flowing, turbid rivers
7. How much can a big pallid sturgeon weigh:
8. What does a pallid sturgeon look like?:
C. A shark-like appearance with rows of bony plates running the length of the fish
9. Pallid sturgeon spawn in May or June over gravel or other hard surfaces. How long does it take the eggs to hatch?:
10. In 2000, USFWS biologists found pallid sturgeon young confirming the first known reproduction of the pallid sturgeon in the lower Missouri River in at least the last?
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