Shovelnose Sturgeon Listed As Threatened Due to Similarity of Appearance

6/27/2018 USFWS: Proposal to list shovelnose sturgeon due to similarity of appearance

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Featured Species To protect pallid sturgeon, an endangered species, the Service listed the shovelnose sturgeon as a threatened species under the “Similarity of Appearances” provisions of the Endangered Species Act. Species Information The pallid and shovelnose sturgeons are difficult to differentiate and inhabit overlapping portions of the Missouri and Mississippi River basins. Pallid sturgeon will be protected by treating shovelnose State and County Lists sturgeon as a threatened species where their ranges overlap.

Species Lists News Release (September 2, 2010): Fish and Wildlife Service To Provide Limited Endangered Species Act Protections for the Shovelnose Sturgeon Fact Sheets and Brochures

Federal Register Notice (September 1, 2010): Threatened Status for Shovelnose Sturgeon Field Office Contacts Under the Similarity of Appearance Provisions of the Endangered Species Act

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