Gulf Sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi)

Gulf Sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi) Photo: U.S. Geological Survey

Status
ESA Threatened - throughout its range

Taxonomy
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Osteichthyes
Order: Acipenseriformes
Family: Acipenseridae
Genus: Acipenser
Species: oxyrinchus
Subspecies: desotoi

Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrhynchus) is another subspecies of A. oxyrinchus.

Key Documents
(All documents are in PDF format.)

Title	Federal Register	Date
ESA Listing Rule	56 FR 49653	09/30/1991
Designation of Critical Habitat	68 FR 13370	03/19/2003
Recovery/Management Plan	n/a	09/1995

More Information

• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Daphne Field Office Gulf Sturgeon Information
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Gulf Sturgeon Species Profile
• U.S. Geological Survey Gulf Sturgeon Facts
• Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute: Facts About Gulf Sturgeon