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low the eyes a semiciréle vf small tubét Id nasal 
apertures, two où cach side, before the eyes, poste- 
rior one perpendicular, anterior one is ronnded, and 
near the summit of the former: mouth small, lips 
thick: pectoral fins very low, horizontal, fifty-rayed: 
venñtrul near the anus, triangular, twenty-eight ray- 
ed: anal longer than broad, twenty-two rayed: dor- 
sal triangular, its centre perpendicular to the ante- 
rior base of the anal, forty-vayed: caudal lunate, its 
upper lobe sirait, acute; lower lobe targe, ‘iiangular: 
tail covered with small, lozenge-shaped, osseus tu- 
… bercles:. all the fin-rays hirsute, Length of the spe- 
cimen four feet; head six inches, - between | the eyes 
three inches, from the eyes to the tip of the snout 
three inches. 
This fish is not sought after for the table. When 
taken i it is occasionally salted 8 a _substitute or 
more esteemed food. The useful qualities of sturge- 
ons, are not yet fully appreciated i in America, parii- 
cularly in those parts which have experienced the 
benefits of agriculture and commerce, or where more 
valued fishes are abundant. 
This species inhabits Lakes Krie and Ontario. 
Mr. Thomas Nuttall, Botanist, informed me that 
this species also inbabits Lakes Huron, and Michi- 
gan; that it is eaten by the Indians, who take it by 
means of à harpoon or dat, lo the end of which is 
attached a long line, in order to enable, them to play 
the animal until he is exhausted, Mr. Nutiall as- 
serts, from his own experience, that this sturgeon is 
good, palateable food. 
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