Species Profile
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Shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum)

Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acipenseriformes
Family: Acipenseridae

Listing Status:   

Lead Region:  National Marine Fisheries Service (Region 11)
Date Listed: Mar 11, 1967

  • States/US Territories in which the Shortnose sturgeon is known to occur:  Connecticut , Delaware , Florida , Georgia , Maine , Maryland , Massachusetts , New Jersey , New York , North Carolina , Rhode Island , South Carolina , Virginia
  • USFWS Refuges in which the Shortnose sturgeon is known to occur:  ACE BASIN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE , SAVANNAH-PINCKNEY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES

» Federal Register Documents

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Date Citation Page Title
03/11/1967 32 FR 4001 Endangered Species List - 1967

» Recovery

Recovery Plan Information Search

No recovery information is available for the Shortnose sturgeon.

» Critical Habitat

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» Conservation Plans

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» Petitions

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» Life History

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Last updated: November 21, 2009