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Alabama sturgeon

Scaphirhynchus suttkusi Williams & Clemmer, 1991

Status not recordedbony fish

The alabama sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus suttkusi) is a species in the family Acipenseridae, order Acipenseriformes.

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Quick facts about the alabama sturgeon

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the alabama sturgeon live?

Not recorded

Is the alabama sturgeon endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the alabama sturgeon classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classChondrostei
  4. orderAcipenseriformes
  5. familyAcipenseridae
  6. genusScaphirhynchus
  7. SpeciesScaphirhynchus suttkusi Williams & Clemmer, 1991
Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • حفش ألاباماArabic
  • lopatonos alabamskýCzech
  • AlabamastørDanish
  • Alabama-SchaufelstörGerman
  • storione dell'AlabamaItalian
  • Esturjão-do-alabamaPortuguese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the alabama sturgeon

Other species in the same genus Scaphirhynchus.

Hackleback

Scaphirhynchus albus

AcipenseridaeNo free photo yet

Hackleback

Scaphirhynchus platorynchus

AcipenseridaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the alabama sturgeon?

The alabama sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus suttkusi) belongs to the family Acipenseridae in the order Acipenseriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Alabama sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus suttkusi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/alabama-sturgeon

MLA

“Alabama sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus suttkusi).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/alabama-sturgeon.

BibTeX
@misc{alabama_sturgeon_2026,
  title = {Alabama sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus suttkusi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/alabama-sturgeon},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}