WoRMS name details
Acipenser oxyrhynchus Mitchill, 1814
157870 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157870)
unaccepted (misspelling)
Species
- Subspecies Acipenser oxyrhynchus desotoi Vladykov, 1955 accepted as Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi Vladykov, 1955 accepted as Acipenser desotoi Vladykov, 1955 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling, of the specific epithet)
- Subspecies Acipenser oxyrhynchus oxyrhynchus Mitchill, 1815 accepted as Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815 (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815) Mitchill, S. L. (1815). The fishes of New-York, described and arranged. <em>Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York.</em> v. 1 (art. 5) (for 1814): 355-492, Pls. 1-6. [details]
Distribution Hamilton River, Labrador to northeastern Florida
Distribution Hamilton River, Labrador to northeastern Florida [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Acipenser oxyrhynchus Mitchill, 1814. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157870 on 2026-07-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815) Mitchill, S. L. (1815). The fishes of New-York, described and arranged. <em>Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York.</em> v. 1 (art. 5) (for 1814): 355-492, Pls. 1-6. [details]
basis of record Scott, W.B., and S.N. Messieh. (1976). Common Canadian Atlantic fishes. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory. St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 106 p. [details]
basis of record Scott, W.B., and S.N. Messieh. (1976). Common Canadian Atlantic fishes. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory. St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 106 p. [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Collette, B. B., ; Klein-MacPhee, G. (2002). Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. <em>Smithsonian Institution Press.</em> 1-748. [details]
additional source Collette, B. B., ; Klein-MacPhee, G. (2002). Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. <em>Smithsonian Institution Press.</em> 1-748. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on bottom organisms such as plants, insect larvae, crustaceans, molluscs and annelid worms [details]Distribution Hamilton River, Labrador to northeastern Florida [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat Anadromous; spends first 3-4 years in freshwater, then migrates to sea and returns to spawn in freshwater [details]
Importance Social- Commercial [details]
Predators Silver lamprey [details]
Reproduction External fertilization; egg count ranges from 800,000 to 2.4 million [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Atlantic sturgeon | [details] |
