The Atlantic sturgeon (scientific name: Acipenser oxyrinchus) is a fish species of the sturgeon family and genus. The Atlantic sturgeon can weigh up to 300 kilograms and is 60 years old. It is also common to find individuals 4.3-5.3 meters long. Young Atlantic sturgeons generally inhabit their "mother river" and then migrate to the ocean over time.. Young sturgeons mainly inhabit freshwater rivers and feed on aquatic animals and plants. Adult sturgeons are also omnivorous, but parent sturgeons stop feeding during their spawning migration. Postpartum adult sturgeons mainly feed on gastropods and other benthic organisms in freshwater. The Atlantic sturgeon is distributed along the east coast of the Atlantic Ocean in North America.