Common name | Oregon sturgeon |
Language | English |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
Country | Canada |
Locality | British Columbia |
Ref. | Scott, W.B. and E.J. Crossman, 1973 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
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Remarks | 'Oregon', i.e., former name of the Columbia River (Canada, USA) which means chiefly by outsiders (p. 894 in Ref. 11978); 'sturgeon', i.e., large elongate ganoid fishes of the north temperate zone and whose roe is made into caviar, from Middle French 'estourjon' of Germanic origin and akin to Old English 'styria', i.e., sturgeon (p. 1171 in Ref. 11979). |