sturgeon
Noun
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Large primitive fishes valued for their flesh and roe;
Widely distributed in the North Temperate Zone (synset 102642872)is a type of: ganoid, ganoid fish - primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny coveringsubtypes:- acipenser transmontanus, pacific sturgeon, sacramento sturgeon, white sturgeon - food and game fish of marine and fresh waters of northwestern coast of North America
- acipenser huso, beluga, hausen, white sturgeon - valuable source of caviar and isinglass; found in Black and Caspian seas
belongs to: acipenseridae, family acipenseridae - sturgeons
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