Rare prehistoric, endangered fish washes ashore on SC coast. Here’s where, what we know

A prehistoric visitor washed ashore on Hilton Head on Nov. 19.

The fish, identified as a sturgeon, was first spotted by beach goers in front of the Islanders Beach Club. Shore Beach Services removed it and then turned it over to marine biologist Amber Kuehn, executive director of Sea Turtle Patrol Hilton Head Island.

Kuehn froze the fish at the request of the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources and will deliver it to the agency’s office in Charleston…

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