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Huso huso (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 126280

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Acipenseriformes (Order) > Acipenseridae (Family) > Acipenserinae (Subfamily) > Huso (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Huso Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833
Synonymised
taxa
  Acipenser albula Forster, 1767
Acipenser beluga Forster, 1767
Acipenser huso Linnaeus, 1758
Acipenser schypa Gmelin, 1789
Acipenser shyp Forster, 1767
Acipenser vallisnerii Molin, 1851
Huso huso caspicus Babushkin, 1942
Huso huso maeoticus Sal'nikov & Malyatskii, 1934
Huso huso orientalis Lelek, 1987
Huso huso ponticus Sal'nikov & Malyatskii, 1934
Huso ichthyocolla Bonaparte, 1846
Sources  basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

original description (from synonym): Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Albanian blini i Europës  [details]
Albanian blini i madh  [details]
Albanian blini turishkurtër  [details]
Bulgarian moruna  [details]
Bulgarian morunа  [details]
Bulgarian Моруна  [details]
Dutch beluga  [details]
English beluga  [details]
English European sturgeon  [details]
English giant sturgeon  [details]
English great sturgeon  [details]
English Russian sturgeon  [details]
French beluga  [details]
French grand esturgeon  [details]
German Europäischer Hausen  [details]
German Hausen  [details]
German Hausenblase  [details]
German Husso  [details]
Hebrew חדקן ענק  [details]
Italian sterione ladano  [details]
Italian storione ladando  [details]
Italian storione ladano  [details]
Lithuanian didysis eršketas  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Μουρούνα  [details]
Polish bieługa  [details]
Polish jesiotr europejski  [details]
Polish wyz  [details]
Romanian morun  [details]
Russian белуга  [details]
Russian Белуга обыкновенная  [details]
Slovenian beluga  [details]
Spanish beluga  [details]
Spanish esturión  [details]
Spanish esturión beluga  [details]
Swedish hus  [details]
Turkish mersin morinasi  [details]
Turkish mersin morinası  [details]
Turkish mersin morinası balığı  [details]
Turkish mersinmorinasi  [details]
Turkish mersinmorinasi baligi  [details]
Ukrainian Білуга  [details]
Ukrainian Білуга звичайна  [details]
Ukrainian Білуга чорноморська  [details]
Direct child
taxa

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Subspecies Huso huso caspicus Babushkin, 1942 accepted as Huso huso (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Huso huso maeoticus Sal'nikov & Malyatskii, 1934 accepted as Huso huso (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Huso huso orientalis Lelek, 1987 accepted as Huso huso (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Huso huso ponticus Sal'nikov & Malyatskii, 1934 accepted as Huso huso (Linnaeus, 1758)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Baltic sea [details]
Black Sea [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Host of  Dichelesthium oblongum (Abildgaard, 1794) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Barcode of Life (48 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (110 nucleotides; 81 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
Image 
Huso huso
Huso huso
added on 2009-02-13 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126280
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Huso huso (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126280 on 2013-06-20
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