Acipenseridae

Amu Darya sturgeon

Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni

Sturgeon between Fresh and Salt Water

• Temperate
• Lower river
• Regional distribution
• Asia (unspecified)
• Large
• Temperate fish

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.