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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE LII. 
Fig. 39. View of au adult female of the common sturgeon seen obliquely from above. Photograph of 
a specimen about 8 feet long. Float in the di.stauce with caviare apparatus, and shed for 
draining salted caviare, etc. 
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