Reproduction
Object numberRCSHC/1447
Scientific nameAcipenser sturio
CollectionHunterian
CategoryWet preparations
Object nameHead, Organs of Taste, Mounted wet tissue
DescriptionThe head of a small sturgeon, with the right cheek removed to show the lips and buccal cavity.
The simple, tooth-less, protrusible mouth enables the sturgeon to burrow in the mud for food.
Production date Estimated 1760 - Estimated 1793
Preparator
Owner/user
presented
Physical Location
LocationOn display in the Hunterian Museum, Room 4: The Long Gallery
Physical Information
Physical descriptionWet preparation of tissue mounted in a circular glass jar with a glass lid.
Materialglass (material)
Acipenser sturio
Dimensions
whole height: 181 mm
whole diameter: 98 mm
whole weight: 1358 g
whole diameter: 98 mm
whole weight: 1358 g
Bibliography
SourceDobson 1970-71
Transcript1447: The head of a small Sturgeon (Acipenser sturio), with the right cheek removed to show the lips and buccal cavity. The lips and jaws are protrusible. The mouth cavity is very simple. There are no teeth; the palate is slightly corrugated transversely; the tongue is short and conical; the gill rakers are minute. The sturgeons feed on worms, molluscs, and other small animals and plants which they obtain by burrowing, with their protrusible mouth, in the mud.
