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Ontario Mus. ZooL, 25, 1939: 8 (statist, of catches, Ottawa R.); Hinks, Fish. Manitoba, 1943: 15 

 (Manitoba); Eddy and Surber, North. Fish. Upper Mississippi Valley, 1943: 57 (size, artif. propag., 

 Mississippi R.); Vladykov and Beaulieu, Nat. Canad., 7J, 1946: 27 (detail acct. of shields and gill rakers, 

 size, Quebec); Hubbs and Lagler, BuU. Cranbrook Inst. Sci., 26, 1947: 30 (distr.); Dymond, Misc. 

 Publ. R. Ontario Mus. Zool., I, 1947: 4 (genl. distr., range); Vladykov and Beaulieu, Nat. Canad., jS, 

 195 1 : 129 (detail, acct. of gill rakers for three w. Atlantic species); Scott, Freshw. Fish. East. Canada, 

 1954:7. 



Acipenser ruhicundus LeSueur, Trans. Amer. philos. Soc, J, 1818: 38 (descr., Lakes Ontario, Erie and all 

 upper lakes); DeKay, Zool. N.Y., 4, 1842: 344 (descr.); Jordan and Evermann, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus., 

 47 (i), 1896: 106 (descr., synon., distr.); Carter, Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc, 34, 1904: 60 (artif. propag. 

 Vermont); Evermann and Goldsborough, Proc. biol. Soc. Wash., 20, 1907 (Canada); Kendall, Occ. Pap. 

 Boston Soc. nat. Hist., 7(8), igo8: 16 (Lake Champlain, Vermont); Nash, Vertebr. Ontario, 1908: 

 14 (genl. acct.); Kendall, Proc. Portland Soc. nat. Hist., 2, 1909: 219 (checklist, Labrador); Halkett, 

 Check List Fish. Canad., 1913: 44 (Canada); Forbes and Richardson, Fish. Illinois, 1920: 24 (descr., 

 statist, of catches); Harkness, Univ. Toronto Stud. Biol., 24., 1923: 13 (age, food); Kendall, Contr. 

 Canad. Biol. (1923), 23, 1924: 21 (439) (between Lake Winnipeg and Hudson Bay); Breder, Field 

 Bk. Mar. Fish. Atl. Cst., 1929: 43 (genl. acct.); Jordan and Evermann, Amer. Food Game Fish., 1937 : 

 10 (genl. acct., key). 



Acipenser maculosus LeSueur, Trans Amer. philos. Soc, I, 1818: 393 (descr., young from Ohio R.). 



Acipenser serotinus Rafinesque, Ichthyol. Ohiensis, 1820: 80 (Ohio R.). 



Acipenser ohiensis Rafinesque, Ichthyol. Ohiensis, 1820: 81 (Ohio R.). 



Acipenser macrostomus Rafinesque, Ichthyol. Ohiensis, 1820: 81 (Ohio R.). 



Dinectus truncatus Rafinesque, Ichthyol. Ohiensis, 1820: 82 (erroneous, based on drawing by Audubon). 



Acipenser rupertianus Richardson, Fauna Boreal. Amer., 1836: 311 (specimen from Albany R., Rupert 

 Land). 



Acipenser laevis Ag&ii\z, Lake Superior, 1850: 267 (Lake Superior). 



Acipenser carbonarius Agassiz, Lake Superior, 1850: 271 (Lake Superior). 



Acipenser rhynchaeus Agassiz, Lake Superior, 1850: 276 (Lake Superior). 



Acipenser Hopeltis Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., 8, 1870: 341 (Mississippi). 



Nominal specific names, given by Dumeril (jj: 105, 220) to specimens oi A.fuhescens, according to localit)' 

 only: copei (supposedly upper Missouri), rauchi (Osage R., Missouri), richardsoni (upper Mississippi), 

 anasimos (Missouri R.), paranasimos (Huntsville, Alabama), anthracinus (Lake Erie), megalaspis (Lake 

 Champlain), lamarii (supposedly Lake Erie), atelaspis (Saskatchewan R.), rajinesquii (Ohio R.), rosarium 

 (supposedly Lake Erie), platyrhinus (supposedly upper Mississippi), kirtlandi (Lake Erie), nertinianus 

 (Michigan), Cincinnati (Ohio R.), and buffalo (Lake Erie). 



Acipenser oxyrhynchus oxyrhynchus Mitchill 18 14 



Atlantic Sturgeon, Sea Sturgeon, Common Sturgeon*^ 



Figures 3, 7, 10 



Study Material. Over 3,000 specimens: i, ca. 485 mm (19 in.) FL, New Brit- 

 ain, Florida, Jan. 6, 1900, CNHM 35376 (received through kindness of Loren P. 

 Woods); 42, 200-2,490 mm TL, Hudson River, New York ^^j the remainder, 6c^- 



32. According to the List of Common and Scientific Names (j: 7), oxyrhynchus should be called the Atlantic Stur- 

 geon, but the name Sea Sturgeon is more generally used. In the Hudson River adults are known as the Big 

 Sturgeon and small ones as Sharpnose Sturgeon or Pelican (55: 89). In Quebec, French-speaking fishermen 

 commonly call the larger ones Esturgeon noir, or Esturgeon d'eau salee, while the young are known as Escargots 

 or Ecailles (Sj: 43). 



33. For age and size of these specimens, see Greeley (55: 68, 139). 



