Black caviar is the common name for caviar of which fish?

Beluga caviar is caviar consisting of the roe (or eggs) of the beluga sturgeon. The fish is found primarily in the Caspian Sea, the world's largest salt-water lake, which is bordered by Iran, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkmenistan. It can also be found in the Black Sea basin and occasionally in the Adriatic Sea. Beluga caviar is the most expensive type of caviar.

The beluga sturgeon can take up to 20 years to reach maturity. The fish harvested for caviar are often nearly 900 kg (2,000 lb). The eggs themselves are the largest of the commonly used roes, and range in color from dark gray (almost black) to light gray, with the lighter colors coming from older fish, and being the most valued.

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hector tubens

Didn't Madonna have a hit song "Like a Sturgeon"...... 🤯

Johnny Rock

They're going to "Need a Bigger Boat" if they catch to many Sturgeon.

Cheryl Perkins

Absolutely delish.

erik hughes

There are three main types of caviar from Sturgeon (along with some hybrids), and they are Beluga, Osetra (Ossetra) and Sevruga; they range in color from almost black to light GREEN. I have never heard of "Black caviar" to be "the common name" of Sturgeon roe. There is nothing in the explanation about "black caviar" being "the common name" of Sturgeon roe, either, and as I said earlier, Beluga is only one variety of Sturgeon roe.

Wayne Linburg

This stuff tastes yuck ! I have been fortunate to have seen some monster Sturgeon (8 - 10+ ft) in the Fraser River in Vancouver Canada. You can see them occasionally leap totally out of the water to shake off parasites.

Steven Longmeyer

My bother went to medical school to become a sturgeon.

Char

Got it tight but can't stand the stuff too salty

Maria Whitton

Barbara Pratt, ..the virgin sturgeon needs no urgin' that's why caviar's a very rare dish! 😉

Corey Taylor

hector tubens, That was Weird Al.

karen twirly

Goes with the earlier question of royal fish.

Howard Groopman

When I played touch football as a kid, I had the hands of a sturgeon.

ninakamwene

Lucky guess. I do not like the taste, too salty for my liking.

John W Shreve

There was a prominent theologian of the 19th century, Charles Spurgeon. Of course, I made all sorts of jokes about Spurgeon the Sturgeon, or Spurgeon's eggs, etc.