megalaspis, Acipenser (Huso) Duméril [A. H. A.] 1870:135 [Histoire naturelle des poissons ou ichthyologie générale v. 2; ref. 1147] Lake Champlain at Burlington, Vermont, U.S.A. Holotype (unique) (?): MCZ 8953. This name was misspelled as megalepis in earlier versions of the Catalog of Fishes. •Synonym of Acipenser fulvescens Rafinesque 1817 -- (Smith 1986:47 [ref. 22186], Scott & Crossman 1998:89 [ref. 24570]). •Synonym of Huso fulvescens (Rafinesque 1817). Current status: Synonym of Huso fulvescens (Rafinesque 1817). Acipenseridae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.