Gulf Sturgeon (Acipenser desotoi), Acipenseridae, order Acipenseriformes, found in the Gulf of Mexico and rivers that drain into it, from FL to LA, USA

ENDANGERED.

People love the sturgeon. They admire the sturgeon.

I’m like. Losing my shit

Sometime this year (2025) a scientific consensus seems to have been reached that the previously-obsolete genus of Sinosturio be used as legitimate classification once again. 

Reclassifications from Wikipedia:

The reclassification of kaluga (previously Huso dauricus) surprised me most of all as it leaves beluga (Huso huso) as the only member of genus Huso. I wonder if beluga will eventually be reclassed with Acipenser and genus Huso will become obsolete. [edit - there are actually a lot of husos now, check reblogs :)]

I am only showing a cropped version of this but know that it gets so much worse. Thank you (I SUPPOSE) to @acipenser-trans-montanus for commissioning me!

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Acipenser is a rock sturgeon from the Great Lakes who flew away from home to find a nice stream to inhabit, and found one in Idaho! They're now a lifeguard at a small summer camp/river guardian that keeps the camp safe from people who want to shut it down and put in a parking lot. They have a dragon form but don't use it so much as their bipedal one. They like to lead water hikes and roast marshmallows with campers as well as teach about local conservation efforts!

Some accuracy notes:

they're a Great Lakes sturgeon because of sentimental reasons but the range of sturgeon in northern Idaho is actually taken by acipenser transmontanus!

Also I gave them a jawbone because they need it to talk and eat urban developers.

Sturgeons do not have mullets in real life I gave them one because it's hot

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