Atlantic Sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus)

Atlantic sturgeon (bottom) and shortnose sturgeon (top) (Acipenser brevirostrum and Acipenser oxyrinchus) Photo: Doug Cooke, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources

Status
ESA Candidate Species - throughout its range
ESA Species of Concern - North America, Atlantic coastal waters

Taxonomy
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acipenseriformes
Family: Acipenseridae
Genus: Acipenser
Species: oxyrhynchus
Subspecies: oxyrhynchus

Gulf sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi) is another subspecies of A. oxyrinchus.

Key Documents
(All documents are in PDF format.)

Title	Federal Register	Date
Status Review (2007)	n/a	02/23/2007
1998 Atlantic Sturgeon Status Review	n/a	07/24/1998
Notice of Addition to Candidate Species List	71 FR 61022	10/17/2006

More Information

• NMFS Detailed Atlantic Sturgeon Fact Sheet [pdf]
  • NMFS Atlantic Sturgeon Fact Sheet Highlights [pdf]
• International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species: Atlantic Sturgeon profile