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3. Dorsal-plates in front and behind sloping, very high in the 

 middle, ending in a point. Skin covered with larger and smaller 

 stellulated bony shields. Cirrhi simple. Lower lip not continuous, 

 or with only the rudiments of a lip in each angle of the mouth. — 

 Antaceus. 



Antacei, Fitz. Sf Heckle, Ann. Wien. Mas. i. 270. 

 Sturiones, sp., Brandt 4 - Rat:. Med. Zuol. 3. 



11. Acipenser Schypa. The Schip or Smaller Sturgeon. 



A. Antaceus Schypa, Fitz. S, Heckle, Ann. Wien. Mus. i. p. 293, t. 



xxv. f. 1. t. xxix. f. 9, 10, 1836—40. 

 Schypa, iScc. G'uld. Nov. Comm. Petrop. t. xvi. p. 533. 

 Schip or Kostera, Lepech. Tagen. Reis. Russ. i. 161. Gmel. Reise 



d. Russl. I. 142. 

 Acipenser sturio, var. (S. et y., Pall. Zoogr. Ross. Asiat. t. iii. p. 91 



(young). Var. (i. Xodum adulta Kostera Rossorum, Pall. 



Zoogr. Ross. Asiat. t. iii. p. 96 (young). 

 Acipenser Schypa, Gmel. Si/st. Nat. iii. p. 1418, No. 4. Schneider, 



Block. St/st. Ichtk. p. 348, No. 6. Smaller Sturgeon, Shaiv, 



Gen. Zoo/, v. p. 11, p. 374. Fitz. Prodr. e. Faun. v. (test. 



Beit. Land. Oest. B. I. S. 340. Der Schvp, Brandt $■ Rat:. 



Med. B. H. S. 20, taf. 1, f. 3, A. B. C. E. S. 350. 

 Acipenser Giildenstadtii, Brandt S- Rat:. Med. Zool. B. II. S. 351. 

 Le Schype, Diet. Class, d' Hist. Nat. t. vi. p. 317. 

 Acipense medius, Heckle, MSS. 

 Acipenser Tucka, Mus. Vindob. 



Hab. — Russia. 



12. Acipenser Guldenstadtii. Giildenstadt's Sturgeon. 



A. Antaceus Guldenstadtii, Fitz. $■ Heckle, Ann. Wien. Mus. p. 297 



t. 27, f. 9, t. 29, f. 7, 8, 1836—40. 

 Antaceus stellaris, Gesn. Par. A. ed Tigur. p. 1202 (figure). 



Johnston, Pise. t. 28, f. 2. {Copied from Gesner). A. Stellaris or 



stellatus. Aldrovand, Pise, ed Bonou: p. 364. (Copied from 



Gesner). 

 Antaceus stellatus, Willughbij, Pise. Tab. p. 7. (Copied from Gesner). 

 Huso V. Antaceus stellatus, Mars. Dan. Pann. Mus. iv. p. 37, 



t. 12. 

 Acipenser, &c, Klein, Hist. Pise. Miss. iv. p. 14. 



