GOODE, G. B. ( and a Staff of Associates. 



1884. The fisheries and fishery industries of the 

 United States. Sec. I. Natural history of useful 

 aquatic animals. Gov. Print. Off., Wash., D.C., 

 895 p. 



The shortnose sturgeon is described along with 

 a brief natural history. The sturgeon's ability to 

 leap out of the water is mentioned. Plate 243 is 

 from a drawing from a photograph of a 

 specimen of shortnose sturgeon collected from 

 Woods Hole, Mass., 1871. 



1887. The fisheries and fishery industries of the 

 United States. Sec. V. History and methods of the 

 fisheries. Gov. Print. Off., Wash., D.C., 881 p. 



Sturgeon are included in a review of the river 

 fisheries of the Atlantic States. Size and species 

 were not mentioned and the shortnose sturgeon 

 is probably included. 



GORDON, B. L. 



1960. The marine fishes of Rhode Island. The 

 Bait and Tackle Shop, Watch Hill, R.I., 136 p. 



A 2.5-ft shortnose sturgeon was taken in May 

 1956 in the traps at Point Judith. A 28-in fish 

 believed to be a shortnose sturgeon was taken in 

 Narragansett Bay in 1957. 



GORHAM, S. W. 



1965a. Distributional checklist of the fishes of New 

 Brunswick. New Brunswick Museum, Canada, 

 p. 1-32. 



The shortnose sturgeon is included with a 

 locality record. 



1965b. Notes on the fishes from the Browns Flat 

 area, Kings County, New Brunswick. Can. 

 Field-Nat. 79:137-142. 



Eight specimens were collected using salmon 

 nets. 



1971. The shortnose sturgeon, Acipenser breviros- 

 trum, an endangered species in New Bruns- 

 wick? Mus. Mem. N.B. Mus. 3:13-15. 



The article presents new records of specimens in 

 the St. John system and data on length and 

 weight. The longest specimen is recorded to this 

 date. 



GORHAM, S. W., and D. E. McALLISTER. 



1974. The shortnose sturgeon, Acipenser brevi- 

 rostrum, in the Saint John River, New Brunswick, 

 Canada, a rare and possibly endangered 

 species. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Syl. 5:5-16. 



The paper provides new information for a series 

 of specimens from the St. John system on dis- 

 tribution, length, and weights. A taxonomic de- 

 scription of the Canadian population is given for 

 the first time. Pictures are included. A new 

 maximum size, greater than that reported by 

 Gorham (1971), is reported. 



GREELEY, J. R. 



1937. Fishes of the area with annotated list. In A 

 biological survey of the lower Hudson watershed, 

 p. 45-103. Rep. N.Y. State Conserv. Dep., Suppl. 

 26(11). 



The article includes information on length- 

 weight relationships, spawning times, growth, 

 and distribution in the Hudson River estuary. 



GRUNCHY, C. G., B. PARKER, and D. E. McAL- 

 LISTER. 

 In press. Shortnose sturgeon. In D. S. Lee, C. R. 

 Carter, D. E. McAllister, J. R. Stauffer, C. H. 

 Hocutt, R. E. Jenkins, and J. McCann, Atlas of 

 North American freshwater fishes. J. N.C. State 

 Mus. 



A spot distribution map, illustration, and 

 species account of shortnose sturgeon is given. 



GRZIMEK'S ANIMAL LIFE ENCYCLOPEDIA. 



1973. Polypterids, sturgeons and related 

 forms. Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., N.Y., Vol. 4, 

 531 p. 



A very brief description of A. brevirostrum with 

 a comment on its commercial value. 



GUNTHER, A. 



1870. Catalogue of the fishes of the British 

 Museum. Taylor and Francis, Lond., Vol. 8, 549 p. 



A taxonomic description is given. 



HALKETT, A. 



1913. Checklist of the fishes of the Dominion of 

 Canada and Newfoundland. King's Printer, Ot- 

 tawa, 138 p. 



Acipenser brevirostrum is contained in the list, 

 with its general range of distribution including 

 the erroneous St. Lawrence record. 



HARKNESS, W. J. K. 



1923. The rate of growth and the food of the lake 

 sturgeon (Acipenser rubicundus (LeSueur)). 

 Publ. Ont. Fish. Res. Lab. 18:13-42. 



The author found the earstones or otoliths of the 

 sturgeon to form growth lines. Technique for ag- 



