Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Actinopterygii > Order Acipenseriformes > Family Acipenseridae > Subfamily Acipenserinae > Genus Huso

Huso huso (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Acipenser Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Huso*	Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Acipenser huso*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: blini i Europës; blini i madh; blini turishkurtër sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Bulgarian: moruna; morunа; Моруна sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: beluga sources: de Groot, B.; Dijkema, R.; Redant, F. (1988). Fish, shells and shellfish: an illustrated guide with descriptions, supply times and recipes of more than 400 sea and freshwater species [Vis, schelp- en schaaldieren: een geïllustreerde gids met de beschrijvingen, aanvoertijden en bereidingswijzen van ruim 400 soorten uit zee en zoet water]. Spectrum: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-274-20203. 180 pp.

English: European sturgeon; giant sturgeon; great sturgeon; Russian sturgeon; Білуга sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Beluga; European Sturgeon; Giant Sturgeon; Great Sturgeon; Russian sturgeon sources: english PESI focal point

French: beluga; grand esturgeon sources: de Groot, B.; Dijkema, R.; Redant, F. (1988). Fish, shells and shellfish: an illustrated guide with descriptions, supply times and recipes of more than 400 sea and freshwater species [Vis, schelp- en schaaldieren: een geïllustreerde gids met de beschrijvingen, aanvoertijden en bereidingswijzen van ruim 400 soorten uit zee en zoet water]. Spectrum: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-274-20203. 180 pp.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

German: Europäischer Hausen; Hausen; Hausenblase; Husso sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;de Groot, B.; Dijkema, R.; Redant, F. (1988). Fish, shells and shellfish: an illustrated guide with descriptions, supply times and recipes of more than 400 sea and freshwater species [Vis, schelp- en schaaldieren: een geïllustreerde gids met de beschrijvingen, aanvoertijden en bereidingswijzen van ruim 400 soorten uit zee en zoet water]. Spectrum: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-274-20203. 180 pp.

Greek: Μουρούνα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Israel (Hebrew): חדקן ענק sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: sterione ladano; storione ladando; storione ladano sources: de Groot, B.; Dijkema, R.; Redant, F. (1988). Fish, shells and shellfish: an illustrated guide with descriptions, supply times and recipes of more than 400 sea and freshwater species [Vis, schelp- en schaaldieren: een geïllustreerde gids met de beschrijvingen, aanvoertijden en bereidingswijzen van ruim 400 soorten uit zee en zoet water]. Spectrum: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-274-20203. 180 pp.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: didysis eršketas sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: bieługa; jesiotr europejski; wyz sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: morun sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: белуга; Белуга обыкновенная sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;A.Boltachev & E. Karpova, IBSS NAS Ukraine

Slovenian: beluga sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: beluga; esturión beluga sources: de Groot, B.; Dijkema, R.; Redant, F. (1988). Fish, shells and shellfish: an illustrated guide with descriptions, supply times and recipes of more than 400 sea and freshwater species [Vis, schelp- en schaaldieren: een geïllustreerde gids met de beschrijvingen, aanvoertijden en bereidingswijzen van ruim 400 soorten uit zee en zoet water]. Spectrum: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-274-20203. 180 pp.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: hus sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: mersin morinasi; mersin morinası; mersin morinası balığı; mersinmorinasi; mersinmorinasi baligi sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Білуга звичайна; Білуга чорноморська

Literature

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
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
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications)
Barcode of Life (48 barcodes)
FishBase
GenBank (110 nucleotides; 81 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Huso huso (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126280

Dr Jorg Freyhof. Huso huso (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=304329