Wild American Hackleback:  is prized caviar for its sweet buttery flavor that looks like black velvet. When examining the roe you will also notice that the roe is extremely shinny in appearance.  

The Hackle back sturgeon is native to Mississippi / Missouri river; it is the smallest and most common sturgeon in North America, rarely exceeding 3 feet in length, sometimes called Shovel Sturgeon or the Sand Sturgeon.