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  2. Kaluga (fish) - Wikipedia

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    The kaluga (Huso dauricus), also known as the river beluga, is a large predatory sturgeon found in the Amur River basin from Russia to China and near Hokkaido in Japan. [1] With a maximum size of at least 1,000 kg (2,205 lb) and 5.6 m (18 ft), the kaluga is one of the biggest of the sturgeon family.

  3. White sturgeon - Wikipedia

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    While selling a wild white sturgeon and eggs is illegal in California, it is legal to buy legal caviar from California White sturgeon farms. [ 24 ] [ 25 ] Poaching is an ongoing issue, in which caviar can sell on the black market for 100–150 dollars a pound, while a consumer buying legally made caviar from California sturgeon farms pays ...

  4. List of longest fish - Wikipedia

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    White sturgeon: Acipenser transmontanus: 6.1 [17] 16 ... Largest organisms; References This page was last edited on 9 October 2024, at 01:54 (UTC). Text is ...

  5. Saving sturgeon: How a hatchery program revived the white ...

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    White sturgeon are the largest freshwater fish in North America. They look prehistoric, with bony, dinosaur-esque scales called scutes, and they get huge — some grow longer than 10 feet, and ...

  6. Snapchat video shows ‘prehistoric’ creature illegally ...

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    The sturgeon from the incident appeared be more than 72 inches long, according to police. Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 1-800-452-7888, or email TIP@osp.oregon.gov .

  7. List of largest fish - Wikipedia

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    The largest species is the beluga sturgeon (Huso huso) of the Caspian and Black seas, the only extant bony fish to rival the massiveness of the ocean sunfish. The largest specimen considered reliable (based on remains) was caught in the Volga estuary in 1827 and measured 7.3 m (24 ft) and weighed 1,474 kg (3,250 lb). [1]

  8. Wildlife agency: Sturgeon won't go on endangered species list

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    A ban on sturgeon fishing in the Rainy River, home to one of the most resurgent populations in the U.S., would undoubtedly put the resort out of business, Kevin Hinrichs said. "I'm on top of the ...

  9. Sturgeon - Wikipedia

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    The largest sturgeon on record was a beluga female captured in the Volga Delta in 1827, measuring 7.2 m (23 ft 7 in) long and weighing 1,571 kg (3,463 lb). Most sturgeons are anadromous bottom-feeders , migrating upstream to spawn but spending most of their lives feeding in river deltas and estuaries .