Starry sturgeon feeds on fish, worms, crustaceans and mollusks. It lies on the bottom during the day and feeds mostly at night. This fish is anadromous and moves upriver into shallow waters to spawn. The starry sturgeon is an important commercial species of fish. It is one of the three most important species for caviar, see "Sevruga caviar", along with the Beluga sturgeon and the Ossetra sturgeon. Its flesh is considered an expensive delicacy in the Caspian region. It is used to make kabaabs, or is consumed pan fried, broiled, or smoked. There have been several attempts in Russia, Iran, Italy, and
Types of Karma (Jainism) sensations (vedanīya). In other therms these non-harming karmas are: "nāma" (body determining karma), "āyu" (life span determining karma), "gotra" (status determining karma) and "vedanīya" (feeling producing karma) respectively. Different types of karmas thus affect the soul in different ways as per their nature. Each of these types has various sub-types. "Tattvārthasūtra" generally speaks of 148 sub-types of karmas in all. These are: 5 of "jñānavaraṇa", 9 of "darśanavaraṇa", 2 of "vedanīya", 28 of "mohanīya" 4 of "āyuṣka", 93 of "nāma", 2 of "gotra", and 5 of "antarāya". "Ghātiyā karmas" (harming karmas) directly affect the attributes of the soul. These are: