Summary information for STURGEON, PALLID
Common Name
STURGEON, PALLID
Scientific Name
SCAPHIRHYNCHUS ALBUS
Status
FEDERAL ENDANGERED, NONGAME, STATE ENDANGERED, STATE RANK S1, GLOBAL RANK G1
Primary Habitat
"Aquatic - river/stream"
Preferred Habitat
"Inhabits large, turbid rivers with swift current and firm sand or gravel bottom."
Distribution
"Confined principally to the Missouri and lower Mississippi R. *01*. Are rarely found but widely distributed *11*."
County List
ATCHISON, BOONE, BUCHANAN, CALLAWAY, CLAY, COLE, JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, MONITEAU, PEMISCOT, PERRY, STE. GENEVIEVE