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Fishes

family: Achiridae subfamily:  
genus: Achirus lineatus  
English name: lined sole
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genus: Trinectes maculatus  
English name: hogchoker
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describing author: (Bloch and Schneider)
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family: Acipenseridae subfamily:  
genus: Acipenser brevirostrum  
English name: shortnose sturgeon
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describing author: Lesueur
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genus: Acipenser fulvescens  
English name: lake sturgeon
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family: Acipenseridae subfamily:  
genus: Acipenser medirostris  
English name: green sturgeon
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describing author: Ayres
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family: Acipenseridae subfamily:  
genus: Acipenser oxyrinchus  
English name: Atlantic sturgeon
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describing author: Mitchill
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family: Acipenseridae subfamily:  
genus: Acipenser transmontanus  
English name: white sturgeon
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family: Acipenseridae subfamily:  
genus: Scaphirhynchus albus  
English name: pallid sturgeon
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describing author: (Forbes & Richardson)
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family: Acipenseridae subfamily:  
genus: Scaphirhynchus platorynchus  
English name: shovelnose sturgeon / esturión
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family: Acipenseridae subfamily:  
genus: Scaphirhynchus suttkusi  
English name: Alabama sturgeon
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describing author: Williams & Clemmer
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