Beluga sturgeon
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| phylum | Chordata | The beluga or European sturgeon is found primarily in the Caspian and Black Sea basins, and occasionally in the Adriatic Sea. Heavily fished for the female's valuable roe—known as beluga caviar— the beluga is a huge and late-maturing fish that can live for 118 years. The common name for the sturgeon, as for the unrelated beluga whale, is derived from the Russian word белый (belyy), meaning "white".
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| class | Actinopterygii | |
| order | Acipenseriformes | |
| family | Acipenseridae | |
| genus | Huso | |
| species | H. huso |
