A beluga sturgeon caught in Belgrade, 1910. Since the construction of the Iron Gate dams in the 70s and 80s the giant fish does not reach Belgrade any more.
by Porodicnostablo
A beluga sturgeon caught in Belgrade, 1910. Since the construction of the Iron Gate dams in the 70s and 80s the giant fish does not reach Belgrade any more.
by Porodicnostablo
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The [beluga sturgeon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beluga_(sturgeon)) is the third-most-massive living species of bony fish in the world. Now critically endangered, it co-evolved with the formation of the Danube valley. Called “moruna” in Serbian, it was probably an important food source for the famous [Lepenski Vir culture](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepenski_Vir) that formed in the Iron Gate region of the Danube and produced Europe’s first monumental sculptures and had other interesting features.
“Moruna” (beluga sturgeon) and “jesetra” (Russian sturgeon) were the main source of Serbia’s celebrated [Caviar of Kladovo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caviar_of_Kladovo) which was served on the Titanic, but it is obviously no longer produced AFAIK.
In the photo [Mika Petrovic Alas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihailo_Petrovi%C4%87_Alas), a famous professor mathematicians and avid fisherman, holds the fish by the head front fin.
The [“Zlatna Moruna” or “Golden Beluga Sturgeon”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zlatna_Moruna) was the legendary kafana in Belgrade, the unofficial base of the members of Young Bosnia revolutionary movement.
Not to mention that because of extensive fishing I doubt there are that many of them on the other side of the Iron Gates too.
Love the hats 🙂