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Chondrostei (sturgeons) > Acipenseriformes (Sturgeons and paddlefishes) > Acipenseridae (Sturgeons) > Acipenserinae
Etymology: Pseudoscaphirhynchus: Greek, pseudes = false + Greek, skaphe = boat + Greek, rhyngchos = snout (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; brackish; demersal; potamodromous (Ref. 51243). Temperate

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Former USSR and Asia: Endemic to the basin of Amu Dariya and Sir Dariya rivers. Registered in the 1984 USSR Red Book; 1985 Turkmen SSR Red Data Book; 1996 IUCN Red List (Ref. 35930).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 27.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 35930); max. published weight: 50.50 g (Ref. 35930); max. reported age: 6 years (Ref. 35930)

A rare and endangered species; smallest sturgeon; sensitive to chemicals in the water Ref. 35930).

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Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott, 1991. World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (21):243 p. (Ref. 4537)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Critically Endangered (CR) (A2c); Date assessed: 14 September 2019

CITES

Appendix II: International trade monitored

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Appendix II: Migratory species conserved through agreements

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest

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