Hybrid Sturgeon
By Graham Quick
Hybrid sturgeons as with many animals are bred to get the best from both parents and hopefully leave the bad behind. A very common sturgeon hybrid is a Bester, which is a cross between a Beluga and a Sterlet. This hybrid offers the growth of the Beluga and the early age of sexual maturity from the Sterlet (the good) and it leaves behind the bad, the Beluga's cannibalistic tendencies and the slow growth and poor caviar of the Sterlet.
All sturgeon species can be crossed with each other but not all hybrids are fertile.
Other hybrids often seen are:
- Siberian x Diamond
- Siberian x Sterlet
- Diamond x Sterlet
- Italian x Diamond
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A Diamond x Italian hybrid.