Beluga  (Huso huso)

Species information

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Authentication

Authenticated (13/8/03) by John Waldman, Hudson River Foundation.
www.hudsonriver.org

Glossary

  • Anadromous: in fish: those species that spend most of their lives at sea but migrate to fresh water to spawn.
  • Barbels: fleshy projections near the mouth of some fish.
  • Invertebrate: animals with no backbone.

References

  1. UNEP-WCMC database (August, 2002) www.unep-wcmc.org
  2. Fishbase (September, 2002) http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.cfm?genusname=Huso&speciesname=huso
  3. Cihar, J. (1991) Freshwater Fish. Aventinum Publishing, Prague.
  4. Paxton, J.R., Eschmeyer, W.N. [eds.] (1994) Encyclopedia of Fishes. University of New South Wales Press, Sydney.
  5. Natural Resources Defence Council, Wildlife Conservation Society, SeaWeb (Dec, 2000) Roe to Ruin: The Decline of Sturgeon in the Caspian Sea and the Road to Recovery. Available at: http://www.caviaremptor.org/roe_to_ruin.PDF
  6. Nelson, J.S. (1984) Fishes of the World [2nd edn.]. John Wiley & Sons Inc, New York.
  7. CITES (September, 2002) http://www.cites.org/
  8. Caviar Emptor (September, 2002) http://www.caviaremptor.org/
  9. Caspian Environment Programme (September, 2002) http://www.caspianenvironment.org/
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