Sevruga
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Sevruga is one of the highest priced varieties of caviar
, eclipsed in cost only by the Beluga
and Ossetra
varieties. It is harvested from the Sevruga sturgeon
(Acipenser stellatus) native to the Caspian Sea
, and may be distinguished from its more expensive cousins by the size of the eggs, which are generally smaller.
Caviar
Caviar, sometimes called black caviar, is a luxury delicacy, consisting of processed, salted, non-fertilized sturgeon roe. The roe can be "fresh" or pasteurized, the latter having much less culinary and economic value....
, eclipsed in cost only by the Beluga
Beluga caviar
Beluga caviar is caviar consisting of the roe of the beluga sturgeon Huso huso. It is found primarily in the Caspian Sea, the world’s largest salt-water lake, which is bordered by Iran and the former Soviet socialist republics of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkmenistan. It can also be...
and Ossetra
Ossetra
Ossetra caviar, one of the most prized and expensive types of caviar available today , comes from the Ossetra sturgeon , weighing 50-400 pounds and living up to 50 years...
varieties. It is harvested from the Sevruga sturgeon
Sturgeon
Sturgeon is the common name used for some 26 species of fish in the family Acipenseridae, including the genera Acipenser, Huso, Scaphirhynchus and Pseudoscaphirhynchus. The term includes over 20 species commonly referred to as sturgeon and several closely related species that have distinct common...
(Acipenser stellatus) native to the Caspian Sea
Caspian Sea
The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed body of water on Earth by area, variously classed as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea. The sea has a surface area of and a volume of...
, and may be distinguished from its more expensive cousins by the size of the eggs, which are generally smaller.