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Experimental rearing of sterlet using forms with normal and albino coloring was conducted. The spawn was fertilized as follows: spawn from females with normal coloring were fertilized with milt obtained from males with normal coloring (group CC) and with that from albino males (group CB); spawn from albino females were fertilized with milt obtained from males with normal coloring (group BC) and with milt obtained from albino males (group BB). It was confirmed that the hatch inherited parental coloring; there were only individuals with dark coloring in group CC, while in group BB, there were only albino individuals. However, in groups BC and CB, in addition to the majority of individuals that inherited color, there were individuals of median coloring. The highest hatch survival rate was noted in group CC at 97.3%, and the lowest was noted in group CB at 94.8%. The hatch with albino coloring had the slowest growth rate.