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Hackleback Sturgeon (Scaphiryhnchus Platoryhnchus) Shovelnose Sturgeon, Sand Sturgeon
Native to the
Mississippi/Missouri River System this is faster growing and smaller than
most sturgeon running about 38 inches at maturity.
The Hackleback is the most abundant sturgeon
in the American wild and the size of its eggs are small. The eggs it
produces are almost always black, or near-black, and can have a sweet
butteriness reminiscent of beluga caviar.
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