The shortnose sturgeon was collected in 1871 at 

 Woods Hole. A complete collection of the 121 

 fish species was deposited in the U.S. National 

 Museum. 



BEAN, T. H. 



1897. Notes upon New York fishes received at the 

 New York Aquarium, 1895-1897. Bull. Am. Mus. 

 Nat. Hist. 9:327-375. 



A single shortnose sturgeon from Gravesend 

 Bay was brought to the aquarium on 13 May 

 1896. It had taken food regularly, and was living 

 (7 December 1897). The species proved to be 

 well adapted to aquarium life. 



1901. Catalogue of the fishes of Long Island. Rep. 

 Forest Fish Game Comm. N.Y. State 1900:251- 

 260. 



Range and differentiation from the common 

 sturgeon is provided. 



1902. Food and game fishes of New York. Rep. 

 Forest Fish Game Comm. N.Y. State 7:251-260 . 



The shortnose sturgeon is only positively 

 recognized in the Delaware and Gravesend Bay. 

 In 1817, it was brought in the shad season to 

 Philadelphia and sold from 25 to 75 cents each. 



1904. Catalogue of the fishes of New York. 

 N.Y. State Mus. 60, 784 p. 



Bull. 



Includes an erroneous description of shortnose 

 sturgeon spawning and feeding habits, mis- 

 quoted directly from Ryder (1888). 



BERG, L. S. 



1904. Zyr systmatik 

 Anz. 27:665-667. 



der Acipenseridae. Zool. 



A taxonomic account of the shortnose sturgeon 

 is given. 



1940. Classification of fishes both recent and fos- 

 sil. Applied Scientific Research Corporation of 

 Thailand, Bangkok (1965):346-517. 



Comments on Acipenserini: Acipenser L., Up- 

 per Cretaceous (scutes) to recent; Europe, Asia, 

 N. America. 



BERTFN, L. 



1939. Revision des Stromiatiformes (Teleosteens, 

 Isopondyles) du museum. Bull. Mus. Hist. 

 Nat., Paris 2(ll):378-382. 



The article includes a synonymy of Acipenser 

 brevirostrum. 



BIGELOW, H. B., and W. C. SCHROEDER. 



1936. Supplemental notes on fishes of the Gulf of 

 Maine. Bull. U.S. Bur. Fish. 48:319-348. 



A 30-inch specimen, taken at Provincetown 

 about 1907, now in the collection at the 

 Museum of Comparative Zoology, was the only 

 reliable record for the Gulf of Maine. This 

 record was omitted from "Fishes of the Gulf of 

 Maine" (Bigelow and Welsh 1925). 



1953. Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. 

 Wildl. Serv., Fish. Bull. 53, 577 p. 



U.S. Fish 



A description, life history, and coastal distribu- 

 tion of the shortnose sturgeon. The only locality 

 records given are from Provincetown and Wa- 

 quoit, Mass.; from the Hudson River, N.Y.; 

 from the Delaware Bay and River; and from 

 Charleston, S.C. 



BLAIR, W. F., A. P. BLAIR, P. BRODKORB, F. R. 

 CAGLE, and G. A. MOORE. 

 1957. Vertebrates of the United States. 2d 

 ed. McGraw-Hill Book Co., N.Y., 616 p. 



A brief description and range for A. 

 brevirostrum. 



BOWERS, G. M. 



1907 . Statistics of the fisheries of the New England 

 states for 1905. Rep. U.S. Comm. Fish. 1906:1- 

 93. 



Catch and market statistics for sturgeon in 

 Maine, Massachusetts, and Connecticut are 

 given. Since species are not mentioned, the 

 shortnose sturgeon is probably included. 



BOYLE, R. H. 



1969. The Hudson River, a natural and unnatural 

 history. W. W. Norton and Co., N.Y., 304 p. 



According to the Interior Department, all recent 

 catches of shortnose sturgeon, except for one 

 Florida specimen, have been from the Hudson. 

 Occasional specimens exceed the published 

 record size in the scientific literature. In 1965 

 and again in 1969, a hermaphroditic specimen 

 was caught. Information on their natural 

 history, caviar preparation, cooking, and de- 

 mand at aquariums is provided. 



BREDER, C. M., Jr. 



1938. The species of fish in New York Har- 

 bor. Bull. N.Y. Zool. Soc. 41(l):26-28. 



The shortnose sturgeon is included in a list of 

 fishes inhabiting the New York harbor. 



