Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
May 24, 1821
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 114
Notes:
This specimen may have been a juvenile shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum), the back and flanks of which are dark grey or black and the belly white.
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Shortnose sturgeon
Current Scientific Name
Acipenser brevirostrum
