WoRMS taxon details
Huso huso (Linnaeus, 1758)
126280 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126280)
accepted
Species
Acipenser albula Forster, 1767 · unaccepted
Acipenser beluga Forster, 1767 · unaccepted
Acipenser huso Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
Acipenser schypa Gmelin, 1789 · unaccepted
Acipenser shyp Forster, 1767 · unaccepted
Acipenser vallisnerii Molin, 1853 · unaccepted (synonym)
Huso huso caspicus Babushkin, 1942 · unaccepted
Huso huso maeoticus Sal'nikov & Malyatskii, 1934 · unaccepted
Huso huso orientalis Lelek, 1987 · unaccepted
Huso huso ponticus Sal'nikov & Malyatskii, 1934 · unaccepted
Huso ichthyocolla Bonaparte, 1846 · unaccepted
- 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)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Acipenser huso Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Huso huso (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126280 on 2025-04-27
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Acipenser beluga Forster, 1767) Forster, J. R. (1767). Specimen Historiae Naturalis Volgensis. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.</em> v. 57 (art. 33): 312-357.
page(s): 354 [details]
original description (of Acipenser huso Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Acipenser albula Forster, 1767) Forster, J. R. (1767). Specimen Historiae Naturalis Volgensis. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.</em> v. 57 (art. 33): 312-357.
page(s): 354 [details]
original description (of Acipenser schypa Gmelin, 1789) Gmelin, J. F. (1789). Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species; cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decimo tertia, aucta, reformata. 3 vols. in 9 parts. Lipsiae,.</em> 1788-93. v. 1 (pt 3): 1033-1516 [Fishes on pp. 1126-1516].
page(s): 1484 [details]
original description (of Huso ichthyocolla Bonaparte, 1846) Bonaparte, C.L. (1846). Catalogo metodico dei pesci europei. <em>Atti della Settima Adunanza degli Scienziati Italiani Sesta Riunione, Milano 7a Adunanza, Napoli.</em> Part 2: 1-95.
page(s): 22 [details]
original description (of Acipenser shyp Forster, 1767) Forster, J. R. (1767). Specimen Historiae Naturalis Volgensis. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.</em> v. 57 (art. 33): 312-357.
page(s): 353 [details]
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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 354 [details]
original description (of Acipenser huso Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Acipenser albula Forster, 1767) Forster, J. R. (1767). Specimen Historiae Naturalis Volgensis. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.</em> v. 57 (art. 33): 312-357.
page(s): 354 [details]
original description (of Acipenser schypa Gmelin, 1789) Gmelin, J. F. (1789). Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species; cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decimo tertia, aucta, reformata. 3 vols. in 9 parts. Lipsiae,.</em> 1788-93. v. 1 (pt 3): 1033-1516 [Fishes on pp. 1126-1516].
page(s): 1484 [details]
original description (of Huso ichthyocolla Bonaparte, 1846) Bonaparte, C.L. (1846). Catalogo metodico dei pesci europei. <em>Atti della Settima Adunanza degli Scienziati Italiani Sesta Riunione, Milano 7a Adunanza, Napoli.</em> Part 2: 1-95.
page(s): 22 [details]
original description (of Acipenser shyp Forster, 1767) Forster, J. R. (1767). Specimen Historiae Naturalis Volgensis. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.</em> v. 57 (art. 33): 312-357.
page(s): 353 [details]
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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Introduced species)
Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. <em>Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 43: 419-453. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
[request]additional source Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. <em>Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 43: 419-453. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species impact Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Genetic impacts: hybridisation and introgression [details]Introduced species vector dispersal Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Aquaculture [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal in Estonia (Nation) : Fisheries: deliberate translocations of fish or shellfish to establish or support fishery [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | blini turishkurtërblini i madhblini i Europës | [details] |
| Bulgarian | Морунаmorunаmoruna | [details] |
| Dutch | belugasteurbeluga | [details] |
| English | Russian sturgeongreat sturgeongiant sturgeonEuropean sturgeonbeluga | [details] |
| French | grand esturgeonbélugabeluga | [details] |
| German | HussoHausenblaseHausenEuropäischer Hausen | [details] |
| Hebrew | חדקן ענק | [details] |
| Italian | storione ladano storione ladandosterione ladano | [details] |
| Lithuanian | didysis eršketas | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Μουρούνα | [details] |
| Polish | wyzjesiotr europejskibieługa | [details] |
| Romanian | morun | [details] |
| Russian | Белуга обыкновеннаябелуга | [details] |
| Slovenian | beluga | [details] |
| Spanish | esturión belugaesturiónbeluga | [details] |
| Swedish | hus | [details] |
| Turkish | mersinmorinasi baligimersinmorinasimersin morinası balığımersin morinasımersin morinasi | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Білуга чорноморськаБілуга звичайнаБілуга | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (52 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Huso huso caspicus Babushkin, 1942)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Huso huso ponticus Sal'nikov & Malyatskii, 1934)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (253 publications) (from synonym Acipenser huso Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Acipenser albula Forster, 1767)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Acipenser shyp Forster, 1767)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Acipenser vallisnerii Molin, 1853)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (50 publications) (from synonym Acipenser schypa Gmelin, 1789)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Acipenser beluga Forster, 1767)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Huso ichthyocolla Bonaparte, 1846)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Huso huso caspicus) (from synonym Huso huso caspicus Babushkin, 1942)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Huso huso maeoticus) (from synonym Huso huso maeoticus Sal'nikov & Malyatskii, 1934)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Huso huso)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Acipenser huso Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Acipenser beluga Forster, 1767)
To FishBase (from synonym Acipenser albula Forster, 1767)
To FishBase (from synonym Acipenser schypa Gmelin, 1789)
To FishBase (from synonym Huso huso orientalis Lelek, 1987)
To FishBase (from synonym Huso huso ponticus Sal'nikov & Malyatskii, 1934)
To FishBase (from synonym Huso huso maeoticus Sal'nikov & Malyatskii, 1934)
To FishBase (from synonym Huso huso caspicus Babushkin, 1942)
To FishBase (from synonym Huso ichthyocolla Bonaparte, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Acipenser shyp Forster, 1767)
To FishBase (from synonym Acipenser vallisnerii Molin, 1853)
To FishBase images (Huso huso, Russia, by Hartl, A.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (1834 nucleotides; 29228 proteins)
To GenBank (1834 nucleotides; 29228 proteins) (from synonym Acipenser huso Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (1834 nucleotides; 29228 proteins) (from synonym Huso huso ponticus Sal'nikov & Malyatskii, 1934)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Huso huso maeoticus Sal'nikov & Malyatskii, 1934)
To GenBank (41 nucleotides; 15 proteins) (from synonym Huso huso caspicus Babushkin, 1942)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS)
To IUCN Red List (Critically Endangered)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Huso huso caspicus Babushkin, 1942)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Huso huso ponticus Sal'nikov & Malyatskii, 1934)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (253 publications) (from synonym Acipenser huso Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Acipenser albula Forster, 1767)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Acipenser shyp Forster, 1767)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Acipenser vallisnerii Molin, 1853)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (50 publications) (from synonym Acipenser schypa Gmelin, 1789)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Acipenser beluga Forster, 1767)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Huso ichthyocolla Bonaparte, 1846)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Huso huso caspicus) (from synonym Huso huso caspicus Babushkin, 1942)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Huso huso maeoticus) (from synonym Huso huso maeoticus Sal'nikov & Malyatskii, 1934)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Huso huso)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Acipenser huso Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Acipenser beluga Forster, 1767)
To FishBase (from synonym Acipenser albula Forster, 1767)
To FishBase (from synonym Acipenser schypa Gmelin, 1789)
To FishBase (from synonym Huso huso orientalis Lelek, 1987)
To FishBase (from synonym Huso huso ponticus Sal'nikov & Malyatskii, 1934)
To FishBase (from synonym Huso huso maeoticus Sal'nikov & Malyatskii, 1934)
To FishBase (from synonym Huso huso caspicus Babushkin, 1942)
To FishBase (from synonym Huso ichthyocolla Bonaparte, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Acipenser shyp Forster, 1767)
To FishBase (from synonym Acipenser vallisnerii Molin, 1853)
To FishBase images (Huso huso, Russia, by Hartl, A.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (1834 nucleotides; 29228 proteins)
To GenBank (1834 nucleotides; 29228 proteins) (from synonym Acipenser huso Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (1834 nucleotides; 29228 proteins) (from synonym Huso huso ponticus Sal'nikov & Malyatskii, 1934)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Huso huso maeoticus Sal'nikov & Malyatskii, 1934)
To GenBank (41 nucleotides; 15 proteins) (from synonym Huso huso caspicus Babushkin, 1942)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS)
To IUCN Red List (Critically Endangered)
To PESI
To ITIS
