Chemical composition of blood and bile of the shovelnose sturgeon

Samples of gallbladder bile and blood from shovelnose sturgeons (Scaphirhynchus platorynchus) collected from the Chippewa River, Wisconsin, contained concentrations of Na⁺, K⁺, Ca⁺⁺, Mg⁺⁺, Cl^-, inorganic phosphate, and total cholesterol closely comparable with those reported for similar samples from other species of freshwater sturgeons.