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THE ADRIATIC GULF. 



Order— GANOIDEI. 



Sub-Order— CHONDROSTEI. Sturgeons. 



Fam. — ACIPENSERID/E. 



Gen. Acipenser, Art. 

 50. ACIPENSER NACCARII, Bp. 



The Adriatic Sturgeon. 



L'Esturgeon. 



Der Adriatische Stor. 



Storione cobice (It.). 



Vulg., Coppese (Tr., Fiume). 



Copese ( Ven.). 



Sporcella (Tr.). 



Croat., Stiriun. 

 Habit. A species confined to the Adriatic ; in- 

 habits the rivers P6, Isonzo, and other water- 

 courses of the Gulfs of Venice and Trieste ;* 

 frequents also the lagoons of Venice in 

 autumn. 

 Season. March, April, November, December; 

 more or less common at all seasons. 



* Has been caught in the rivers Erenta, Adige. Fiave, 

 Livenza, Bacchiglione and Tagliamento. 



Quality. Flesh inferior to that of the common 

 Sturgeon. 



51. ACIPENSER NARDOI, Heck. 

 Described by Heckel as a distinct sp., but 



Giinther cites it as synonymous with the fore- 

 going sp. (See Catalogue of Fishes in the 

 British Museum, Vol. VIII. page 336.) 

 Nomenclature and remarks as above apply 

 equally to this sp. ; the two species are 

 generally sold together. 



52. ACIPENSER NASUS, Heck. 



The specimen described by Heckel was 26 in. 

 long(Heck. and Kner, "Siisswasserf.,"p. 360). 

 Prof. Brandt rejects this and other sp. 

 established by Heckel (Bull. Ac. Sc. St. 

 Petersburg, 1869, p. 171), and considers 

 this sp. as synonymous with A. naccarii. (See 



