. British fresh water fishes. Fishes -- Great Britain. On the Pee. Sub-class—Ganoidei. Order II. CHONDROSTEI. Family ACIPENSERinJE. ^TURGEON. [Acipciiscr sticrio.) • Attilus, Gesner, De Aquatil. p. log; Willughby, Hist. Pise. p. 241, tab. P. 7, fig. 3. Sturio, Gesner, De Aquatil. p. 931; Willughby, Hist. Pise. p. 239. Acipenser corpore hibercults spinosis exasperalo, Artedi, Spec. Pise. p. 91, No. i. Acipenser s/iin'o, LiN., Sys. Nat., i. p. 103; Lacep., i. p. 411; Donovan, Brit. Fish. pi. 65; Parnell, Mem. Warn. Soe. vii. p. 403; Jenyns' Man. p. 493; Fleming, Hist. Anim. p. 173; Yarrell, ii.
. British fresh water fishes. Fishes -- Great Britain. On the Pee. Sub-class—Ganoidei. Order II. CHONDROSTEI. Family ACIPENSERinJE. ^TURGEON. [Acipciiscr sticrio.) • Attilus, Gesner, De Aquatil. p. log; Willughby, Hist. Pise. p. 241, tab. P. 7, fig. 3. Sturio, Gesner, De Aquatil. p. 931; Willughby, Hist. Pise. p. 239. Acipenser corpore hibercults spinosis exasperalo, Artedi, Spec. Pise. p. 91, No. i. Acipenser s/iin'o, LiN., Sys. Nat., i. p. 103; Lacep., i. p. 411; Donovan, Brit. Fish. pi. 65; Parnell, Mem. Warn. Soe. vii. p. 403; Jenyns' Man. p. 493; Fleming, Hist. Anim. p. 173; Yarrell, ii. p. 475; Siebold, Siisserwasserf. p. 363; Gdnther'.s Cat. viii. p. 342. Sturgeon, Pennant, Brit. Zool. iii. p. 164, ed. 1812; Couch, Fish. Brit. Isl. i. p. 157, pi. 35. Acipenser latiroslris, Parnell, Mem. Wern. Soc. vii. p. 405 ; Yarrell, ii. p. 479. Characters of the Genus Acipenser.—"The rows of osseus scutes not confluent on the tail. Spiracles present. Caudal rays surrounding the extremity of the tail. Inhabitants of the temperate and arctic regions of the northern hemisphere, periodically entering rivers. Some species entirely confined to fresh water. The geographical distribution of the Sturgeons is nearly identical with that of SalmoV—GDnther. z. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Houghton, W. (William), 1828-1895; Lydon, A. F. (Alexander Francis), 1836-1917, ill. London [etc. ] : W. Mackenzie
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