254 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1889. 



Acipenser lesueurii Durneril, Hist. Poiss. II. 1G6, 1870 (New- 

 York). 



Acipenser dehayii Dumeril, Hist. Poiss. II. 168, 1870 (New York). 



Acipenser rostellum Dumeril, Hist. Poiss. II. 173, 1870 (Probably 

 New York). 



Habitat. — Atlantic Coast United States from Cape Cod to Florida. 



Etymology. Lat. brevis, short ; rostrum, snout. 



The specimen examined by us was taken by Dr. Gilbert at Charles- 

 ton, S. C. 

 6. Acipenser transmontanus. White sturgeon j Oregon sturgeon. 



? Acipenser sp. Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat. 1811 (Aleutian Islands; 

 on notes). 



Acipenser transmontanus Richardson, Fauna Bor. Amer. III. 278, 

 1836 (Columbia river) ; Girard, Pacif. R. R. Survey, 355, 1859 

 (Columbia river) ; Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus. VIII. 336, 1870 

 l California) ; Dumeril, Hist. Poiss. II. 236, 1870 (copied) ; Jordan 

 and Gilbert, Proc. U. S.Nat. Mus. 457, 1880 (Puget Sound; 

 Columbia river; San Francisco); Jordan and Jouy, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus. 16,1881 (Sacramento river ; Frazer's river) ; Jordan and 

 Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 36, 1881 (Sacramento river ; Columbia 

 river ; Frazer's river) ; Jordan and Gilbert, Synop. Fish. N. Amer. 

 86, 1882 ; Jordan, Cat. Fish. N. Amer. 13, 1885. 



Antaceus transmontanus Gill, Proc. Phila. Acad. Nat. Sci. 331, 

 1862 (name only). 



f Acipenser aleutensis Fitzinger and Heckel, Ann. Wiener Museum, 

 1836 (after Pallas). 



Acipenser acutirostris Ayres, Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sci. 14, 1854 

 (San Francisco) ; Girard, Pacif. R. R. Survey, 335, 1859 (San 

 Francisco) ; Dumeril, " Nouv. Arch. Mus. III. 186, 1867 ; Dumeril, 

 Hist, Poiss. II. 243, 1870 " (copied). 



Antaceus acutirostris Gill, Proc. Phila. Acad. Nat. Sci. 331, 1862 

 (name only). 



Acipenser brachyrhynchus Ayres, Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sci. 15, 

 1854 (San Francisco); Dumeril, "Nouv. Arch. Mus. III. 166, pi. 

 11, f. 1 , 1867 ; " Dumeril, Hist. Poiss. II. 221, 1870 (San Francisco) ; 

 Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus. VIII. 337, 1870 (San Francisco). 



Antaceus brachyrhynchus Gill, Proc. Phila. Acad. Nat. Sci. 331, 

 1862 (name only). 



Acipenser caryi Dumeril, "Nouv. Arch. Mus. III. 169, pi. 12, f. 

 2, 1867;" Dumeril, Hist. Poiss. II. 224, 1870 (California). 



Acipenser ayresii Dumeril, " Nouv. Arch. Mus. Ill, 171, pi. 12, f. 

 1, 1867 ;" Dumeril, Hist, Poiss. II. 226, 1870 (California). 



Acipenser putnami Dumeril, "Nouv. Arch. Mus. III. 178, pi. 13, 

 f. 1, 1867 ;" Dumeril, Hist. Poiss. II. 234, 1870 (San Francisco). 



Habitat. — Pacific Coast of North America from British Columbia 

 south to Monterey, ascending the Frazer's, Columbia and Sacramento 

 rivers. 



