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Sturgeons and Paddlefishes: Acipenseriformes - Physical Characteristics, Diet, Behavior And Reproduction, Sturgeons, Paddlefishes, And People, Conservation Status - GEOGRAPHIC RANGE, HABITAT

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BELUGA STURGEON (Huso huso): SPECIES ACCOUNT

Sturgeons and paddlefishes live in the Northern Hemisphere in North America, Europe, and Asia.


Sturgeons and paddlefishes live in seas, rivers, and lakes. Some spend a large portion of their lives at sea but enter coastal rivers to spawn. Others live only in freshwater rivers and lakes. Sturgeons live on sand, gravel, or rock bottoms.

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Sturgeons and Paddlefishes: Acipenseriformes - Physical Characteristics

Sturgeons and Paddlefishes: Acipenseriformes - Diet

Sturgeons and Paddlefishes: Acipenseriformes - Behavior And Reproduction

Sturgeons and Paddlefishes: Acipenseriformes - Sturgeons, Paddlefishes, And People

Sturgeons and Paddlefishes: Acipenseriformes - Conservation Status

Sturgeons and Paddlefishes: Acipenseriformes - Beluga Sturgeon (huso Huso): Species Account

Physical characteristics: The beluga is the largest sturgeon. It can be as long as 28 feet (8.5 meters) and can weigh 2,866 pounds (1,300 kilograms), although such large ones are rare. The body is gray or dark green with lighter sides and a white belly. Geographic range: Beluga sturgeons live in the Black, Caspian, and Adriatic Seas in Europe and Asia and in most of their tributaries. Habitat: Bel…

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