What is Atlantic sturgeon?
{{subspeciesbox | name = Atlantic sturgeon | image = Acipenser oxyrhynchus.jpg | status = NT | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn | author=St. Pierre, R. (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service) | year=2006 | title=''Acipenser oxyrinchus ''ssp.'' oxyrinchus'' | url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/243/0 | accessdate=23 February 2009}}</ref> | genus = Acipenser | species = oxyrinchus | subspecies = oxyrinchus | authority = [[Samuel L. Mitchill|Mitchill]], 1815 }} The '''Atlantic sturgeon''' (''Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus'') is a species of fish. It is a member of the [[Sturgeon|Acipenseridae]] family. It is one of the oldest fish [[species]] in the world. It can be found from [[New Brunswick]], [[Canada]] to the eastern coast of [[Florida]]. The numbers of Atlantic sturgeon have fallen because of overfishing and [[water pollution]]. It is considered [[threatened species|threatened]], [[endangered species|endangered]] and even [[extinction|extinct]] in much of its original [[habitat]]s. The fish live to 60 years of age, 15 feet in length and over 800 pounds in weight. ==References== {{reflist}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Acipenseriformes]] [[Category:Edible fish]]