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Acipenser oxyrhynchus Mitchill, 1814

157870  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157870)

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  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Chondrostei (Class)
  10. Acipenseriformes (Order)
  11. Acipenseridae (Family)
  12. Acipenser (Genus)
  13. Acipenser oxyrhynchus (Species)
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(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. (2025). FishBase. Acipenser oxyrhynchus Mitchill, 1814. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157870 on 2025-01-06
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2005-05-24 14:41:52Z
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Cuvelier, Daphne
2005-12-29 12:06:28Z
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Vanden Berghe, Edward
2009-06-16 07:05:49Z
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Bailly, Nicolas
2023-01-17 15:33:01Z
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Bailly, Nicolas

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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] 

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., 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] 

source of synonymy Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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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]
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