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* and its Tributaries. r. . 295 n 
$ Rostrum, from the anterior ioiii of the eye to the tip, 
fourteen and a half inches. 
“ In the gills of this fish were several lamprey eels (Petro- 
ae» of a small species.. The paddle-fish is frequentl 
* to leap out of the water in the manner of the sturg 
They spw to a somewhat larger size than the measure abo i 
| Fecorded." i" ET 
P^ - Observations. I am indebted to Dr. B. p. Brown, Presi- 
dent of the Western Academy of Natural Sct att a 
= Louis, f the accompanying sketch. Drs. King and Engel* > 
. man, of that city, inform me that.this fish inhabits the large 
lakes on the American bottoms which are connected with LA 
. Mississippi River. One specimen which Dr. Engelman ex- © 
4 MM, Weighed seventy-nine pounds; and another, t i i 
The color above was deis earls black, LI to green- - 
ish gray ; below grayish wille; flesh oily, ‘taste isagreeable. te 
D length seventy inches; length of the shovel “sixteen 4 
_and a half inches ; sgreadth, one fourth of the distance from 
We ip; four i inches; breadth of the tail, twelve inches. TU 
« bilobed , Semicigcular ; lobes-equ al. $. | 
this fish is undoubtedly confounded by the faber, pe 
Jh io with the Polyodon folium. ` 
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EU s * AcipENsER. Lin. 
j Plata Raf. * The Shovel-n ! 
