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ORDERS OF FISHES— STURGEONS 
roe, a cask of which, weighing 130 pounds, is worth 
$ 110 . 
The White Sturgeon 1 inhabits the waters of 
the Pacific from southern California to Alaska, 
and the records show it to be a giant among food 
fishes. Jordan and Evermann quote it up to 13 
feet in length, and weighing 1,000 pounds; but 
the weight of any animal, dead or alive, which 
ends with two ciphers is certain to be a weight 
of Estimate, and not of Fairbanks. Strangely 
enough numerous specimens of this Sturgeon 
have been taken in Idaho, in the Snake River, 
weighing from 100 to 650 pounds. “An example 
11 feet 2 inches long measured 2 feet across the 
head.” (Jordan and Evermann.) 
The latest reports on the Sturgeon industry 
generally are for 12 months during 1897 and 1898. 
During that period, 17 states participated in a 
catch which amounted to 5,726,830 pounds, which 
sold for $321 ,036. The catch in Oregon was nearly 
two million pounds, that of New Jersey S68,326, 
and Virginia next. 
1 Ac-i-pen'ser A trans-mon-tan' us. 
