Huso

Huso is a genus of critically endangered sturgeons from Eurasia.

Huso Temporal range: Early Pliocene to Present[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Beluga sturgeon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acipenseriformes
Family:	Acipenseridae
Genus:	Huso Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833
Type species
Acipenser huso Linnaeus, 1758
Species
See text
Synonyms[2]
List Acipenser (Gladostomus) Holly 1936 Acipenser (Lioniscus) (Heckel & Fitzinger 1836) Bonaparte 1846 Acipenser (Shipa) Brandt 1869 Antacea Bory de St. Vincent 1822 non Rafinesque 1815 Antaceus Heckel ex Fitzinger & Heckel 1836 non Bonaparte 1846 Ellops Gistl 1848 non Mining 1832 Gladostomus Holly, 1936 Helops Brandt & Ratzeburg 1833 non Agassiz 1846 non Browne 1789 non Fabricius 1775 non Müller 1835 Ichthyocolla Garsault, 1764 Lioniscus Heckel & Fitzinger 1836 Sterletus (Rafinesque 1820) Brandt & Ratzeburg 1833 Sterleta Güldenstädt 1772

Species

There are two species:

• Huso huso Linnaeus, 1758 (beluga)
• Huso dauricus Georgi, 1775 (kaluga)

References

1. Vasil'eva, E.D.; Vasil'ev, V.P.; Shedko, S.V. & Novomodny, G.V. (2009). "The revision of the validity of genus Huso (Acipenseridae) based on recent morphological and genetic data with particular reference to the Kaluga H. dauricus" (PDF). Journal of Ichthyology.