Acipenser oxyrinchus
Mitchill 1815
Family Acipenseridae
![A lateral view of the Atlantic Sturgeon](https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/66/2020/02/Plate-8.jpg)
The Atlantic sturgeon is a member of the sturgeon family and has scutes, a relatively small mouth and a long, sharply V-shaped snout. The Atlantic sturgeon ascends coastal rivers to spawn.
Status & distribution
- Status — Native freshwater
- Florida Distribution — Peninsula drainages
- River Drainages — St. John’s River and the Indian River