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evolutionof 61 †Strongylosteus, biogeography 173 in Acipenser 118

Husodauricus234-236, 245 sturgeonsseeAcipenseridae

Husohuso211-213 subopercle bone 47- 48, 53-54

Psephurus gladius 267 supracleithrum 54-55, 58, 86-87, 89

Scaphirhynchus platorynchus293-294 supraneural bone 58, 86

stock levels 401-402 Susquehanna River,Acipenser brevirostrum

in the Ural River 209-210

in the Volga River 209-210, 213, 216 Suwannee River,Acipenser oxyrinchusin

inthe Yangtze River 25 1-252, 267

Syr-Darya River,Pseudoscaphirhynchusin

inAcipenseridae 124

genetic 132, 386-390

molecular 133, 143, 148, 160, 389

in morphological characters 124

in phylogenetic studies 29

insystematicstudies 65

seealsounder individual taxa

ventral rostral bone 101, 107

vernal race seeraces

visual systems, evolution of 63

Volga River, sturgeons in 61, 179, 209-216

waterlossesseeunderanthropogenic

impacts; hydrological changes

in 322

345

44

spawning rivers 159, 168-169, 174, 180

spawning rivers seealso under individual

speciation, in Acipenser128, 138-139, 148

St. Lawrence River, Acipenser oxyrinchus in

status216-217, 423-429, seealsounder

stellate bones 53

stellate sturgeon seeAcipenser stellatus

sterletseeAcipenser ruthenus

stock enhancement seeartificial reproduction

stock identification (genetic) 389-393, 395 tooth loss 49-50 248-25 1

Acipenser brevirostrum(shortnose trunk scalation 51 263, 433

sturgeon) 323 Tumnin(Datta)River,Acipenser medirostris fishery 252-253

in the Aral Sea 379 in 158,406 geography 246-253

intheColumbia River 414

dangersof 333 212-213 †Yanosteus36, 174

rivers systematics 28-29, 31, 33-45, 47 vitellogenesis 269, 2 71 - 272

seealsounder individual taxa

seealsounder individual taxa

temperature, and reproduction in Acipenser

Tethys Sea 128

threats,seeunder anthropogenic impacts;

ThreeGorgesDamseeYangtze River, dams

threoninegene,inAcipenser 141

†Spherosteus36, 174 taxonomy 64, 77, 118

340 Teleostei, systematics 33 Wateree River, dams 340

individual taxa transmontanus 276

white sturgeonseeAcipenser transmontanus

winter raceseeraces

Yana River,Acipenser baeriiin 225

YangtzeRiver

specific threats Acipenser dabryanus in177, 180, 246,

Acipenser sinensis in 158, 177,

†Stichopterus28, 35-36, 50- 51, 74 253, 257-263, 433

Stocking 367,409-413,427 trabecular process 101 dams247-248, 250-251, 253-254, 261,

Ural River, spawning in 179, 209-210,

stocksseefishery variation Yenisey River,Acipenser baeriiin 224

Psephurus gladius in 37, 246, 253