Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni
| Kingdom |
Phylum |
Class |
Order |
Family |
| ANIMALIA |
CHORDATA |
ACTINOPTERYGII |
ACIPENSERIFORMES |
ACIPENSERIDAE |
| Scientific Name: |
Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni |
| Species Authority: |
Kessler ex. Bogdanov, 1874 |
Common Name/s:
| English |
– |
False Shovelnose Sturgeon, Large Amu-dar Shovelnose Sturgeon |
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Assessment Information
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| Red List Category & Criteria: |
Endangered
A1acd
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 of the Amu Darya (Amu Dariya) River from the Pyandzh to the mouths and lower tributaries. Sometimes in the brackish water of Taldyk Bay, the delta of the Amu Darya in the Aral Sea.
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| Countries: |
Native:
Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan
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Population
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| Population: |
Thought to be close to extinction.
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Habitat and Ecology
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| Habitat and Ecology: |
It inhabits shallow-water parts of the river over sandy or stony-pebble bottoms, main channels at depths of 1.0 to 1.5 m.
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| Systems: |
Freshwater |
| Major Threat(s): |
Its natural habitat and population have declined due to the breakage of the hydrological regime of the Amu Darya River.
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