Beluga

a species of fish—the great or Hausen, sturgeon. It is sometimes 12 to 15 feet in length, and weighs 1,200 pounds, or in rare cases even 3,000. The best isingla is made from its swimming bladder. Its flesh, though sometimes eaten, is occasionally unwholesome. It is found in the ee Caspian and Black Seas and the large rivers which flow into them. The word is also applied to a cetacean. It is called also the white whale. It is from 18 to 21 feet in length, and inhabits Davis Straits and the other portions of the Northern Seas, and sometimes ascends rivers.