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Definition of Acipenser transmontanus
1. Noun. Food and game fish of marine and fresh waters of northwestern coast of North America.
Generic synonyms: Sturgeon
Group relationships: Acipenser, Genus Acipenser
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acipenser Transmontanus
Literary usage of Acipenser transmontanus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"Potomac River. large numbers of Eulachon (Thaleichthys) in the stomach of the
Columbia River sturgeon (acipenser transmontanus). This fish and the Eulachon ..."
2. Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and by Joseph Henry, Spencer Fullerton Baird, United States War Dept, United States Army. Corps of Engineers (1855)
"... seem to bring it nearest to A. transmontanus, which we lack also in good
specimens. 1. acipenser transmontanus, Richards. Columbia Kiver Sturgeon. SYN. ..."
3. History of the Expedition Under the Command of Lewis and Clark: To the by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, Elliott Coues, Thomas Jefferson (1893)
"The Columbia sturgeon was first formally characterized as acipenser transmontanus,
by Richardson, Fn. Bor.-Am. III. 1836, p. ..."
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