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Document Type

Research

Abstract

There is a popular notion that the Paddlefish (Polyodon spathula) uses its paddle or snout as an organ of excavation in its search for food. Examination and consideration of the composition and texture of this organ ought to lead one to question the correctness of the popular opinion. The snout or rostrum of the common sturgeons may well be an organ of excavation, armed and protected as it is with bony plates, but the rostrum of the paddlefish is covered with a soft naked skin. Stockard (1907) has given us a very thorough and enlightening account of the habits of this fish.

Publication Date

1923

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

30

Issue

1

First Page

135

Last Page

137

Copyright

©1923 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

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