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Atlantic sturgeons
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Atlantic sturgeons

Huso

Huso is a genus of large sturgeons from Eurasia. It contains two species, which both are critically endangered:

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11 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 11 known species

Lake Sturgeon

speciesHuso fulvescens

Sterlet

speciesHuso ruthenus

Siberian Sturgeon

speciesHuso baerii

Russian Sturgeon

speciesHuso gueldenstaedtii

Shortnose Sturgeon

speciesHuso brevirostrum

Beluga Sturgeon

speciesHuso huso

Adriatic Sturgeon

speciesHuso naccarii

Starry Sturgeon

speciesHuso stellatus

Fringebarbel Sturgeon

speciesHuso nudiventris

Persian sturgeon

speciesHuso persicus

Caucasian sturgeon

speciesHuso colchicus

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Atlantic sturgeons in De Piscibus Libri V et De Cetis Liber Unus

De Piscibus Libri V et De Cetis Liber Unus

Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1661 · p.583

Atlantic sturgeons in History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds

History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds

Conrad Gessner · 1586 · p.702

Atlantic sturgeons in Ortus sanitatis

Ortus sanitatis

1491 · p.694

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