Amu Darya sturgeon
| Amu Darya sturgeon | |
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| Scientific 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 | |
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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. It inhabits quite shallow flowing waters that are turbid and muddy.