RICHARDSON, J. 



1836. Fauna boreali-Americana, or the zoology of 

 the northern parts of British America. Part HI. 

 The fish. Richard Bentley, Lond., 278 p. 



The shortnose sturgeon is described. 



ROSTLUND, E. 



1952. Freshwater fish and fishing in native North 

 America. Univ. Calif. Press, Berkeley, 248 p. 



The range is given for the shortnose sturgeon. 



RYDER, R. A. 



1888. The sturgeons and sturgeon industries of the 

 eastern coast of the United States, with an ac- 

 count of experiments bearing upon sturgeon cul- 

 ture. Bull. U.S. Fish Comm. 8:231-328. 



This is the first diagnosis of the species since 

 LeSueur's original description in 1817. From 

 specimens caught in the Delaware River, the 

 author gives distinctive characters by which the 

 species might be recognized. He also notes that 

 the species is always small, confirmed by the 

 fact that sexual maturity is reached much 

 earlier than in the common form. 



SCHAEFER, R. H. 



1967. Species composition, size and seasonal abun- 

 dance of fish in the surf waters of Long 

 Island. N.Y. Fish Game J. 14:1-46. 



One shortnose sturgeon was caught off Fire 

 Island, N.Y., in 1962. 



SCHRENKELSEN, R. 



1938. Field book of the freshwater fishes of North 

 America north of Mexico. Putnam, N.Y., 312 p. 



A general account of the shortnose sturgeon is 

 presented. 



SCHWARTZ, F. J., W. W. HASSLER, J. W. REINT- 

 JES, and M. W. STREET. 



1975. Endangered and threatened plants and 

 animals of North Carolina: Marine fishes. Pro- 

 ceedings of the symposium on endangered and 

 threatened biota of North Carolina. 1. Biological 

 concerns. N.C. State Mus. Nat. Hist., p. 250- 

 264. 



These are unconfirmed reports of the shortnose 

 sturgeon from offshore; once sporadically known 

 from Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds, and other 

 North Carolina waters, but today it is believed 

 extirpated. 



SCHWARTZ, F. J., and G. W. LINK, JR. 



1976. Status of Atlantic, Acipenser oxyrhynchus, 



and shortnose, Acipenser brevirostrum, sturgeons 

 in North Carolina (Pisces, Acipenseridae). ASB 

 (Assoc. Southeast. Biol.) Bull. 23:94. 



The shortnose sturgeon is believed extinct in 

 North Carolina. 



SCOTT, W. B. 



1954, 1967. Freshwater fishes of eastern 

 Canada. 1st, 2d ed. Univ. Toronto Press. 



Distribution in Canada for the shortnose stur- 

 geon and variation from the common sturgeon is 

 provided. 



SCOTT, W. B., and E. J. CROSSMAN. 



1959. The freshwater fishes of New Brunswick: A 

 checklist with distributional notes. R. Ont. Mus. 

 Life Sci. Contrib. 51, 37 p. 



The only shortnose sturgeon caught in Canada 

 up to this date is Vladykov's catch in 1957 in the 

 St. John River. 



1973. Freshwater fishes of Canada. 

 Res. Board Can. 184, 966 p. 



Bull. Fish. 



A more detailed description and natural history 

 than Leim and Scott (1966) is given. It is noted 

 that the largest shortnose sturgeon on record 

 was a 1,006-mm female from the Connecticut 

 River. 



SCOTT, W. B., and M. G. SCOTT. 



1965. A checklist of Canadian Atlantic fishes with 

 keys for identification. R. Ont. Mus. Life Sci. 

 Contrib. 66, 106 p. 



The shortnose sturgeon is included in the list 

 and a key to the family Acipenseridae is 

 provided. 



SLASTENENKO, E. P. 



1958. The freshwater fishes of Canada. 

 Printers, Toronto, 383 p. 



Kiev 



A general account of the shortnose sturgeon. 



SMITH, H. M. 



1891. Report on the fisheries of the South Atlantic 

 states. Bull. U.S. Fish Comm. 11:269-356. 



Size is not reported; therefore, shortnose stur- 

 geon may have been caught. The sturgeon fish- 

 ery is noted as having the most noticeable de- 

 cline in the river fisheries of the South Atlantic 

 States during the past decade. A decrease of 

 80% in the yield of sturgeon during the past 10 

 yr is reported. 



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