-r OF FISH. 



A. Dorsal-plates sloping in front, higher behind, ending in a point, 

 and open up to the point. — Acipenser. 



Acipenser, A. Fa:, v Heckle, Ann. Jf'ien. Mus. i. - -16. 



1. Dorsal-shields in front sloping, behind very high, ending in 

 a point, open up to the base of the point. Skin covered with small 

 pectinated bony plates. Cirrhi fimbriated. Lower lip continuous. 

 — Lionisci - 



Lionisci, Fitz. V Heckle, Ann. Wien. Mus. i. 269. 



I. Acipenser glaber. The Tok Schipa or Bela. 



Lioniscus srlaber, Fitz. y Heckle. Ann. Wien. Mus. p. 27 



3, t. 28, f. 5— 6, 1836 — 10. 

 Huso II. seu Acipenser fflaber, Mars. Dan. Pinn. Mux. torn. ir. 



t. 10. 

 Acipenser turritus, Mus. Vindob. 



Acipenser schypa, Mus. Vindob. Shaw, Gen. Zoo/., p. 374. 1*«j4. 

 Acipenser glaber, Heckle, MSS. Fitz. e Fawn. Oesten,}. 340. 

 Acipenser nudiventris, Schypa. — Beluga, Lovet. Nov. Mag. Je<t. T. 



II. n. 1,2,3. 



Acipenser Marsiglii, Brandt y Ratz. Med. Zool. B. ii. 8, 352, 



Note. 

 Acipenser schipa, Lovet. Diaqn. Pise, ad Gem. Acipense in Noun. 



Mem. Soe Nat. Mote. T.'iii. p. 260, t. 17. £ 3. 4. 1834 (young). 

 Acipenser schipa, nudiventris, Lovet I. c. t. 13, f. 2, a. b. faduh). 



Hab. — Caspian Sea, Lakes of Siberia. Lake Aral. 



2. Dorsal-plates in front sloping, behind very hi?h and endinar in 

 a point, and open up to the base of the point. Skin covered with 

 small pectinated bony scales. Cirrhi fimbriated. Lower lip not 

 continuous, or the rudimeut only of a lip in each angle of the 

 mouth. — Acipenser. 



Acipenseres, Fitz. y Heckle, Ann. Wien. Mus. i. 269. 

 Sterlatae, sp., Brandt. Xo. 1, type Sieriatai, Brandt, No. 2. 



2. Acipenser thinensis. Chinese Sturgeon. 



Acipenser chinensi*. Gray, Hard. Illmt. Ind. Zool. pi. 98, f. 5, 



1832. Richardson, Rep. of the Brit. Assoc. 

 Acipenst. . 'rray, Proc. Zool. Soe. pt. 2. p. 122. 



Fitz. y Heckle, Ann. Wien. Mus. p. 275, 1836 — 10. 



Hab. — China. 



n. In spirits. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 



