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One significant finding from the overall project is the migratory behavior of shovelnose rays, a critically endangered species.
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Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2024
Lake Michigan Tank: In this 80,000-gallon freshwater tank, visitors will see animals native to the Great Lakes, such as shovelnose sturgeon, northern pike, gar and carp.
—Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 17 June 2024
Their ancestor probably looked quite similar to their closest modern relatives – the shovelnose rays, or guitarfishes.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 5 Mar. 2012
The shovelnose sturgeon were caught out of season in 2018 and 2019 using illegally sized mesh nets along the Ohio River on the Kentucky-Illinois border, according to U.S. Attorney Michael A. Bennett’s office in the Western District of Kentucky.
—chicagotribune.com, 14 Apr. 2022
The frenzy of upright fins disrupting the shallows turned out to be a fever of shovelnose guitarfish, a type of elongated sea ray with a sharklike dorsal.
—Betsy Andrews, Travel + Leisure, 1 Mar. 2021
Back in the 1980s, Semmens attempted to make a sturddlefish by combining sperm from shovelnose sturgeons with eggs from paddlefish; the eggs started to develop but then quit.
—Quanta Magazine, 5 Aug. 2020
His business is located near Lake Barkley, Kentucky Lake and a section of the Ohio River where permitted fishermen can catch paddlefish and shovelnose sturgeon.
—Bailey Loosemore, The Courier-Journal, 28 June 2018
The bond would be much lower - about $50,000 - to assist with monitoring escaped shovelnose.
—Tristan Baurick, NOLA.com, 7 Apr. 2018
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Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2024
Lake Michigan Tank: In this 80,000-gallon freshwater tank, visitors will see animals native to the Great Lakes, such as shovelnose sturgeon, northern pike, gar and carp.
—Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 17 June 2024
Their ancestor probably looked quite similar to their closest modern relatives – the shovelnose rays, or guitarfishes.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 5 Mar. 2012
The shovelnose sturgeon were caught out of season in 2018 and 2019 using illegally sized mesh nets along the Ohio River on the Kentucky-Illinois border, according to U.S. Attorney Michael A. Bennett’s office in the Western District of Kentucky.
—chicagotribune.com, 14 Apr. 2022
The frenzy of upright fins disrupting the shallows turned out to be a fever of shovelnose guitarfish, a type of elongated sea ray with a sharklike dorsal.
—Betsy Andrews, Travel + Leisure, 1 Mar. 2021
Back in the 1980s, Semmens attempted to make a sturddlefish by combining sperm from shovelnose sturgeons with eggs from paddlefish; the eggs started to develop but then quit.
—Quanta Magazine, 5 Aug. 2020
His business is located near Lake Barkley, Kentucky Lake and a section of the Ohio River where permitted fishermen can catch paddlefish and shovelnose sturgeon.
—Bailey Loosemore, The Courier-Journal, 28 June 2018
The bond would be much lower - about $50,000 - to assist with monitoring escaped shovelnose.
—Tristan Baurick, NOLA.com, 7 Apr. 2018
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“Shovelnose.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shovelnose. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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