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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).
Eponymy: Kessler does not provide any name other than ‘Hermann’. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

Issue
Species of the genus Pseudoscaphirhynchus belong to the subfamily Acipenserinae, and not Scaphirhynchinae as it was previously considered (V. Birstein, pers. comm. 03/05 ).

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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: Version 2024-2)

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

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Appendix II: International trade monitored

CMS (Ref. 116361)

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Harmless

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Fisheries: of no interest

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00309 (0.00138 - 0.00693), b=3.17 (2.98 - 3.36), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.2 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tmax=6).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (18 of 100).

Pseudoscaphirhynchus hermanni (Kessler, 1877)