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Huso huso in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Beluga

Huso huso (Linnaeus, 1758)
Family:	Acipenseridae (Sturgeons) , subfamily: Acipenserinae	picture (Huhus_u1.jpg) by JJPhoto
Order:	Acipenseriformes (sturgeons and paddlefishes)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Beluga
Max. size:	500 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 9988); max. published weight: 2,072.0 kg (Ref. 9988); max. reported age: 118 years
Environment:	demersal; anadromous ; depth range 70 - 180 m
Climate:	temperate; 10 - 20°C; 57°N - 35°N
Global Importance:	fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: commercial; aquarium: public aquariums
Resilience:	Very low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (K=0.1; tm=13-22; tmax=100; Fec=360,000)
Distribution:	Basins of the Black and Caspian seas; rare in the Adriatic Sea. Artificially propagated; considered vulnerable to endangered (Ref. 6866). Appendix III of the Bern Convention (protected fauna). International trade restricted (CITES II, since 1.4.98; CMS Appendix II). Occurrence in Greece along the coasts of North Aegean Sea is doubtful (Ref. 41624).
Diagnosis:	Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 62-73; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 28-41. Snout moderate and pointed, turning slightly upward. Lower lip not continuous, interrupted at center. Barbels oval or flat, leaf-like posteriorly, reaching almost to mouth. Five rows of scutes, dorsal 11-14 (first one smallest), lateral 41-52 on each side, ventral 9-11 on each side. Back ash-grey or greenish, flanks lighter, belly white.
Biology:	The largest sturgeon and largest European freshwater fish. In Guinness Book of Records as the most expensive fish (Ref. 6472). In the past specimens of 6 m length have been reported (Ref. 6866). Feeds mostly on sea fishes (Black Sea whiting, anchovies, flatfishes, gobies, fry of bottom-living fishes), also crustaceans, mollusks, mysids and amphipods. Fisheries are based almost entirely on the value of the caviar, but meat also is sold fresh, smoked and frozen; eaten broiled, boiled, fried and baked (Ref. 9988). Bester, a hybrid of female Huso huso and male sterlet Acipenser ruthenus, has been successfully cultivated for its high quality eggs (Ref. 9988)
Threatened:	Endangered, see IUCN Red List (A2d) , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:
Main Ref:	Bauchot, M.-L.. 1987. (Ref. 3397)
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Bosnia and Herzegovina country information
Common names:	[ No common name ]	Ref:
Status:	native	Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater, brackish, marine
Uses:	no uses
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/bk.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences Point map
Main Ref:	Svetovidov, A.N., 1984
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Page created by: Eli, 20.10.03, last modified by Eli, 26.06.07

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