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Scientific Name: Acipenser oxyrinchus

Acceptable Market Name(s): Sturgeon
Common Name(s): Atlantic Sturgeon
Scientific Name: Acipenser oxyrinchus
Hazard Information: HAZ
ITIS TSN (see note below): TSN 553269
Vernacular Name(s) (See note below.*): American Atlantic Sturgeon
Sea Sturgeon
Sharpnosed Sturgeon

* Note: The Vernacular Name(s) (if any listed above) are for CROSS REFERENCE ONLY, and generally not acceptable
for product labeling in interstate commerce. Their use may result in seafood misbranding.


# Note: The Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN) link (if available) provides access to taxonomic information for this species
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