Dwarf sturgeon

Dwarf sturgeon
CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acipenseriformes
Family: Acipenseridae
Genus: Pseudoscaphirhynchus
Species:
P. hermanni
Binomial name
Pseudoscaphirhynchus hermanni
(Kessler 1877)
Native (extant and extinct) distribution
Synonyms
  • Scaphirhynchus hermanni Kessler 1877
  • Pseudoscaphirhynchus rossikowi Nikolskii 1900

The dwarf sturgeon, little shovelnose sturgeon, or small Amu-Darya shovelnose sturgeon (Pseudoscaphirhynchus hermanni) is a species of fish in the family Acipenseridae. It is found in Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and probably in Tajikistan.