sturgeon id?

snookman · Post by **snookman** » 04 Nov 2004, 03:40

i know it's not a catfish, but thought this would be a good place to ask.

Post by **Silurus** » 04 Nov 2004, 03:51

Huso huso

snookman · Post by **snookman** » 04 Nov 2004, 03:55

this is what i get for huso huso:
http://www.fishbase.org/Photos/Thumbnai ... fm?ID=2067

Post by **Silurus** » 04 Nov 2004, 03:58

The pic you posted is of a juvenile.

snookman · Post by **snookman** » 04 Nov 2004, 04:01

gotcha...juvees look so nice. could some aquarists be concidered the fish equivalent of a pedifile???

Dave Rinaldo · Post by **Dave Rinaldo** » 04 Nov 2004, 04:04

It's not an aquarium fish

Post by **Rusty** » 04 Nov 2004, 04:06

Fishbase wrote: 500 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 9988); max. published weight: 2,072.0 kg (Ref. 9988); max. reported age: 118 years

That'll fit in my indoor pond.

Rusty

snookman · Post by **snookman** » 04 Nov 2004, 04:09

wasn't talking specifically about the sturgeon guys...pardon me

it's just that alot of species start out life with beautiful markings and end up with either dull or no markings at all.

Allan · Post by **Allan** » 05 Nov 2004, 13:02

To my eyes, this fish could easily be an inbreed of several species. Russian have produced a lot of crossing of the Acipenser spp's, infertile for the commercial export marked to private and display ponds.

Acipenser guldenstadti, A. ruthenus (both european and sibirian var.), A. sturio (and one more, that I do not recall at present) should all have been crossbred, as far as i know.

Quite confusing, I think, and my eyes can't tell them apart, untill the Beluga sturgeon reaches considerable size. - I do think that the bony plates are a bit to pointy for Huso huso, thought.

My point: If the pic is from a local fishstore, it is to me very possible, that is is an inbreed of Acipenser, but still a very interesting fish.

snookman · Post by **snookman** » 05 Nov 2004, 20:43

pic is not from an lfs...unless you live in japan. I found it here--->http://www.remix-net.co.jp