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Scientific Name Huso huso  (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common Names Beluga
Hausen (Germany)
Type Locality Danube and the rivers of Russia.
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Size 5000mm or 196.9" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution Basins of the Black and Caspian seas; rare in the Adriatic Sea. Artificially propagated; considered vulnerable to endangered. Appendix III of the Bern Convention (protected fauna). International trade restricted (CITES II, since 1.4.98; CMS Appendix II). Occurrence in Greece along the coasts of North Aegean Sea is doubtful.
IUCN Red List Category Critically Endangered, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2019.
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Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1, pp 238.
Registered Keepers There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update 2020 Sep 20 03:01 (species record created: 2013 Sep 07 14:31)