Huso

Huso; Temporal range:
	Beluga sturgeon
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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
	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;

Huso is a genus of sturgeons from eastern Europe, Asia, and eastern North America. The genus name is derived from hūso, the Old High German and Medieval Latin word for "sturgeon", which is also ancestral to Hausen, the German name for the beluga sturgeon.