Huso huso (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Huso huso (Linnaeus, 1758) – Native ( Fig. 26)

Acipenser huso Linnaeus [C.] 1758: 238; Type locality: Danube and the rivers of Russia. No types known.

Acipenser albula Forster [J. R.] 1767: 354; Type locality: Volga River, Russia. No types known.

Acipenser beluga Forster [J. R.] 1767: 354; Type locality: Volga River, Russia. No types known.

Acipenser shyp Forster [J. R.] 1767: 353; Type locality: Turkey, Bosphore or Sea of Marmara (Mediterranean Sea). Neotype: NRM 8946 .

Acipenser schypa Gmelin [J. F.] 1789: 1484; Type locality: Turkey, Bosphore or Sea of Marmara (Mediterranean Sea). Neotype: NRM 8946 .

Acipenser ichthyocolla Billberg [G. J.] 1833: 52; Type locality: Danube and the rivers of Russia. No types known.

Huso ichthyocolla Bonaparte [C. L.] 1846: 22; Unneeded new name for Acipenser huso Linnaeus 1758 .

Acipenser vallisnerii Molin [R.] 1853: 366, 371; Type locality: Po River, Italy.

Acipenser maeoticus Sal’nikov [N. I.] & Malyatskii [S. M.] 1934: 44; Type locality: Sea of Azov. No types known.

Huso huso ponticus Sal’nikov [N. I.] & Malyatskii [S. M.] 1934: 44; Type locality: Black Sea. No types known.

Huso huso caspicus Babushkin [N. Ya.] 1942: 131; Type locality: Caspian Sea. No types known.

Huso huso orientalis Lelek [A.] 1987: 55; Type locality: Black Sea.

Common name: Pr: Fil mahi, Mahi-ye khaviar, En: Beluga.

Diagnosis: Very large and massive body, crescent-shaped mouth (small and transverse in other sturgeons) and the gill membranes being joined as a fold across the isthmus.

Meristic characters: D: 48–81, A: 22–41, GR: 16–36, DS: 9–17, LSC: 28–60, VS: 7–14.

Distribution: Caspian Sea basin ( Fig. 27). Translocated from the Caspian Sea basin to the Persis and Tigris basin for aquaculture purposes. See Acipenser gueldenstaedtii .

Taxonomy: Berg (1949) placed in Huso .

Conservation: IUCN: Critically Endangered A2cde (Gesner et al. 2010a).