. Fishes and fishing;. O o FISHES AND FISHING 73. c6 PI a 74 FISHES AND FISHING THE STURGEON. (Acipenser Sturis.) There are six species of sturgeon in the waters of theUnited States. The common and the short-nosed sturgeons(Acipenser sturis) and (A. brevirostris) are found only on theAtlantic Coast, ascending rivers to spawn. The white stur-geon and green sturgeon (A. transmontanus) and (A. mediro-stris) inhahit only the waters of the Pacific Coast. The lakesturgeon or rock sturgeon (A. rubicundus) exists in the GreatLakes, the Upper Mississippi Valley, and other northern in-terior waters. The

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. Fishes and fishing;. O o FISHES AND FISHING 73. c6 PI a 74 FISHES AND FISHING THE STURGEON. (Acipenser Sturis.) There are six species of sturgeon in the waters of theUnited States. The common and the short-nosed sturgeons(Acipenser sturis) and (A. brevirostris) are found only on theAtlantic Coast, ascending rivers to spawn. The white stur-geon and green sturgeon (A. transmontanus) and (A. mediro-stris) inhahit only the waters of the Pacific Coast. The lakesturgeon or rock sturgeon (A. rubicundus) exists in the GreatLakes, the Upper Mississippi Valley, and other northern in-terior waters. The shovel-nose sturgeon or white sturgeon(Scaphirhynchus platyrhynchus) is found in the Mississippiand other streams of the Southern and Western States. While all of the sturgeons are edible and caught formarket, the most valuable species are the common sturgeonand the lake sturgeon, which alone have been artificially prop-agated. DOG FISH.(Amia Calva.) This fish is mentioned because of the necessity that ex-ists for its extinction and acquainting

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