Pseudoscaphirhynchus hermanni
| Kingdom |
Phylum |
Class |
Order |
Family |
| ANIMALIA |
CHORDATA |
ACTINOPTERYGII |
ACIPENSERIFORMES |
ACIPENSERIDAE |
| Scientific Name: |
Pseudoscaphirhynchus hermanni |
| Species Authority: |
(Kessler, 1877) |
Common Name/s:
| English |
– |
Small Amu-dar Shovelnose Sturgeon |
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Assessment Information
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| Red List Category & Criteria: |
Critically Endangered
A1ae, D
ver 2.3
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| Year Assessed: |
1996 |
| Annotations: |
Needs updating
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| Assessor/s |
Sturgeon Specialist Group |
Geographic Range
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| Range Description: |
Endemic to the basin of the Amu Dariya (Amu Darya) and Sir Dariya rivers (middle and lower reaches).
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| Countries: |
Native:
Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan
Regionally extinct:
Tajikistan
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Population
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| Population: |
Historically very rare: in April 1996 three specimens were caught for the first time in the last 15 years (Birstein 1997).
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Habitat and Ecology
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