The sterlet (Huso ruthenus) is a relatively small species of sturgeon from Eurasia native to large rivers that flow into the Black Sea, Azov Sea, and Caspian Sea, as well as rivers in Siberia as far east as Yenisei. Populations migrating between fresh and salt water (anadromous) have been extirpated. It is also known as the sterlet sturgeon.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Sterlet being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Huso fulvescens
- Scaphirhynchus platorynchus
- Sinosturio medirostris
- Sinosturio transmontanus
- Acipenser oxyrinchus
- Sorubim lima
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Acipenseriformes
- Family
- Acipenseridae
- Genus
- Huso
- Species
- Huso ruthenus
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