transmontanus

Covered with bony armor plates and capable of growing to 20 feet and over 1,500 pounds, the white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) is North America's largest and most primitive freshwater fish.

A Field Guide to White Sturgeon 2004

Caviar, Browne Trading, House of Caviar and Fine Foods and Gary's Seafood Specialties say exactly what kinds of sturgeon roe they sell, without dressing up transmontanus or baerii as osetra.

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Miami company Marky's lists "osetra caviar of Acipenser transmontanus (white sturgeon)."

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But roe from Siberian sturgeon, Acipenser baerii, and from the white sturgeon that is native to North America, Acipenser transmontanus, frequently bear the name of their better known and more glamorous cousin.

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Today's farmed caviars, often sustainably raised, deserve to be enjoyed for their own merits, like the clean, lightly saline flavor and nice firm texture of transmontanus or the somewhat earthier taste of baerii, which can have a hint of sweetness.

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"We want customers to understand the quality of our transmontanus," said Marion Mahone, the general manager of Tsar Nicoulai Caviar, of San Francisco.

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Now, Petrossian is making pressed caviar from farmed California transmontanus, or white sturgeon.

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Current Music: Rubicon Wall (Acipenser transmontanus) - Giant Squid

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The company has been calling its transmontanus caviar "California Estate Osetra," but Ms. Mahone said, "We are dropping the term osetra from our labels.

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