Atlantic sturgeon
Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus
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- National record
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Recorded profile
- habitat summary
- The Atlantic sturgeon inhabits both salt and fresh water habitats, cycling between the two. Some migrate into brackish and saltwater during the fall and feed there throughout the winter months, and migrate into fresh water rivers during the spring and hold there through the summer months, while others remain at sea for years. This species of sturgeon can be found from Labrador, Canada, south to the St. Johns River in Florida (ASSRT 2007).
- diet
- feeders, which means they feed on organisms located in or on the bottom of waterways. diet primarily consists of crabs, grass shrimp, lancets, brachiopods, and marine worms.
- preferred bait
- Not recorded
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- Not recorded
- techniques
- Not recorded
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- Not recorded
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Source evidence by state
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