STURGEON. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Acipenser Sturio. A. rostro obtuso; oris diametro transverso 
longitudini aequali, cirris rostri apici pro- 
pioribus ; labiis bifidis. Linn. Syst.Nat. 
Gmel 1 . p. 1483. 
Beak obtuse, with long cirrhi situated to- 
wards the end j mouth transverse j lips 
bifid. 
Acipenser cirris quatuor corpore tubercu- 
lorum spinosorum seriebus quinquean- 
gulo, rostro subacuto. Gron. Zooph. 
p. 39. no. 140. 
Acipenser. Bloch , 3. p. 89. no. 1. 
pi. S8. 
Sturgeon. . . . Will. Ichth. 239. Penn. Brit. Zool. 3. 
p. 124. no. 53. pi. 19. Shaw Gen. 
Zool. 5 . p. 3/0. pi. 159. 
The sturgeon inhabits the northern European and 
American seas, and annually ascends the largest 
rivers in order to deposit its spawn. The in- 
habitants along the banks of the Po, the Danube, 
and the Wolga, profit exceedingly by their visits ; 
they crowd up the latter river during the autumn 
and winter, and are then taken in great numbers. 
