Amu Darya sturgeon

Amu Darya sturgeon
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acipenseriformes
Family: Acipenseridae
Genus: Pseudoscaphirhynchus
Species:
P. kaufmanni
Binomial name
Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni
Bogdanov 1874 ex. Kessler 1877
Synonyms[3][4]
  • Scaphirhynchus hermanni Kessler 1877
  • Pseudoscaphirhynchus rossikowi Nikolskii 1900

The Amu Darya sturgeon or false shovelnose sturgeon (Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni) is a critically endangered species of fish in the family Acipenseridae. It is found in Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and perhaps Afghanistan.[1] It inhabits quite shallow flowing waters that are turbid and muddy.[1][5]

  1. ^ a b c Mugue, N. (2010). "Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T18601A8498207. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-1.RLTS.T18601A8498207.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  3. ^ Froese, R.; Pauly, D. (2017). "Acipenseridae". FishBase version (02/2017). Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Acipenseridae" (PDF). Deeplyfish – fishes of the world. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  5. ^ Birstein, V.J.; J.R. Waldman; and W.E. Bemis, editors (1997). Sturgeon biodiversity and conservation, pp. 377–378, 381–382. Kluwer Academic Publishing. ISBN 0-792-34517-7