Huso huso

Scientific name Huso huso
Descriptor Linnaeus
Year of description 1758
IUCN category (World) CR
Family Acipenseridae
Genus Huso
Huso huso Huso huso

Introduction

Huso huso is a fresh water, brackish water and salt water fish.

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Who is it?

Morphology

  • Average size
    215 cm
  • Maximum size
    800 cm
  • Average size
    215 cm
  • Maximum size
    800 cm

How to recognize This fish ?

This fish has the particularity to possess several pairs of barbels, which allow him to search the bottom and to detect the food thus moved.

Huso huso measures between 215 and 800 cm. This fish is bicolore with a predominantly blanc and gris body.

Behaviour & Life cycle

  • diet
    carnivorous
  • Sociability
    solitary
  • territorial
    No
  • Way of living
    diurnal

Huso huso is a fish solitary naturally found at mid-depth and near the bottom. This species is carnivorous .

Although Huso huso is non-territorial, it is sometimes aggressive towards other species.

Reproduction

  • Reproduction
    ovipare qui pond sur substrat découvert

Huso huso is a fish ovipare qui pond sur substrat découvert.

Harmless species

This species does not represent any particular threats to humans when encountered in its natural environment.

Origin and distribution

Conservation status of populations (IUCN)

World : CR

What is its habitat?

Natural environment characteristics

  • Temperature
    10 - 20 °C
  • Depth
    2 - 180 m

Biotope presentation

Huso huso is most often found at a depth between 2m and 180m. However, it is not impossible to find this species at other depths.

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