Beluga Osetra Sevruga Known as the largest of sturgeons, its weight can reach an excess of 1,700 pounds and lengths up to 20 feet. One such fish can bring over a quarter million dollars on the open market.
Color can vary from dark to a light, translucent gray.
Smaller than their Beluga cousins, the Osetra are generally well under thirty pounds, maturing at around twelve years of age. Distinctive in flavor and color, with nutty overtones, they may be tinted with golden yellow highlights. Smallest and thinnest of the three sturgeon, the Sevruga can mature within seven years. The caviar is medium grained and the eggs, a deep gray, are the darkest of the Caspian three. It is the strongest flavored and its texture the finest.