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Huso huso (Linnaeus, 1758)

Beluga
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Russian Federation country information

Common names: Beluga, Kyrpy, Белуга
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Distributed in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, but less than in the Caspian Sea.The main spawning grouand is the Volga. All spawning grounds are inaccessible for fish due to the presence of power station dams (Ref. 26334). Reported from Don (Ref. 58293) and Kuban River drainages (Ref. 58296). This has been translocated to areas within the country for aquaculture and stocking in open waters however, it failed to establish populations in areas where it has been transplanted to (Ref. 45022). Also Ref 3561. EurRus
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rs.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Reshetnikov, Y.S., N.G. Bogutskaya, E.D. Vasil'eva, E.A. Dorofeeva, A.M. Naseka, O.A. Popova, K.A. Savvaitova, V.G. Sideleva and L.I. Sokolov, 1997
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Common names from other countries

Béluga, Esturión beluga, Белуга, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Chondrostei (sturgeons) > Acipenseriformes (Sturgeons and paddlefishes) > Acipenseridae (Sturgeons) > Acipenserinae
Etymology: Huso: Latin, huso = swine (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Linnaeus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; freshwater; brackish; pelagic-neritic; anadromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 70 - 180 m.   Temperate; 10°C - 20°C (Ref. 2059); 57°N - 35°N, 13°E - 60°E

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