Beluga (Huso huso)

General data

Main name: Beluga
Local names: Beluga sturgeon, Great sturgeon
Climates: Temperate, Continental, Subpolar
Habitat: Anadromous
Native: Europe
Distribution: Danube, Caspian Sea, Volga, Ural, Don, Dnieper, View all... Scheldt

Classification

Genus: Huso - Beluga sturgeons
Family: Acipenseridae - Sturgeons
Order: Acipenseriformes - Sturgeons and Paddlefish
Class: Chondrostei - Sturgeons
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes

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Taxonomy of Fishes

Osteichthyes - Bony fishes->
- Coelacanthi - Lobe-finned fishes->
- Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes->
- Cladistii - Bichirs->
- Dipneusti - Lungfishes->
- Chondrostei - Sturgeons->
  - Acipenseriformes - Sturgeons and Paddlefish->
    
    Acipenseridae - Sturgeons->
    
    Acipenser - Greater sturgeons->
    
    Huso - Beluga sturgeons->
    
    Beluga (Huso huso)
    
    Kaluga (Huso dauricus)
    
    Pseudoscaphirhynchus - Aral shovelnose sturgeons->
    
    Scaphirhynchus - American shovelnose sturgeons->
    
    Polyodontidae - Paddlefishes->
- Holostei - Gars and Bowfins->
Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes->
Agnatha - Jawless fishes->