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call the young ‘“‘mameose” or “mamouche.” Formerly the stur- 
geon seems to have been more abundant and it was a common 
occurrence to see them “jump.” As late as 1890 frequently four 
or five large examples were taken during a single day in a large 
seine. These would run about 150 pounds. The heads were 
mostly cut off and allowed to rot on the river shore. In the bay 
about Cape May as many as three have been taken recently in one 
day. Mr. Wm. J. Fox found them at Sea Isle City. 
Acipenser sturio Abbott, Nat. Rambles, 1885, p. 479.—Ryder, 
Bull. U. S. F. Com., VIII, 1888, pp. 235, 242, 266.—Bean, Bull. 
mum. Mus. Nat. Est, eX. 18075, D.9334. 
Acipenser oxyrinchus Le Sueur, Tr. Am. Philos. Soc. Phila., 
I, 1818, p. 394. 
Acipenser oxyrhynchus Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 828. 
Acipenser sturio oxyrhynchus Smith, Bull. U.S. F. Com., XII, 
1892, p. 369. 
Acipenser brevirostrum Le Sueur. 
Short Nosed Sturgeon. Blunt Nosed Sturgeon. 

Short Nosed Sturgeon. Acipenser brevirostrum Le Sueur. 
Body elongated. Head 5 in total, large, convex, variable, in 
some short in proportion to its breadth and depressed between 
eyes. Snout short, pointed. Pupil of eye rounded. Barbels 4, 
flat, in pairs, and nearer nostrils than end of snout. Nostrils near 
eyes, lower and posterior larger than anterior which is almost 
round. Skin rough to touch. Scutes in five rows, back with nine 
in its row, one at base of dorsal, and sides with twenty-six irregu- 
lar anteriorly enlarged and posteriorly oblong with a small carina. 
Scutes regular, oblong, radiated, and surmounted by a sharp 
keel, and rudiments sometimes between. Abdominal plates ob- 
long, small, five on left side, three on right, and placed opposite 
