American sturgeons ( Scaphirhynchus plalorhynchus) proceeding along a river. The head is 

 lengthened into a rostrum and underneath there is a small tubular mouth by means of which 

 they can suck in foo<l. Barbels are carried on the snout. Photograph New York Zoological 

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