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Amu Darya Sturgeon (Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni)
FishverifiedCritically Endangered

Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni

(Kessler, 1877)

Amu Darya Sturgeon

Also known as: Amu Darya Shovelnose Sturgeon, Big Amu Darya Shovelnose, Large Amu-Dar Shovelnose Sturgeon, False Shovelnose Sturgeon, Shovelfish

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About

Habitat

Demersal

Depth

1–2 m

Max size

75 cm

Max weight

2 kg

Taxonomy

Class

Chondrostei

Order

Acipenseriformes

Family

Acipenseridae

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Image: © Alexey Chernyak (Черняк Алексей Леонидович) (CC-BY-NC) · iNaturalist (CC-BY-NC) · source