ST. LOUIS — Shovelnose sturgeon are not endangered, but they may get federal protection in parts of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers simply because they look like their relative, the endangered pallid sturgeon.
Pallid sturgeon look alike might get protection
Monday, September 28, 2009 | 4:15 p.m. CDT;
updated 5:00 p.m. CDT, Monday, September 28, 2009
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