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Pseudoscaphirhynchus hermanni (Kessler, 1877)

Dwarf sturgeon
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Afghanistan country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Mouths of Amu Darya upriver to Termez on the Afghan border with Uzbekistan (Ref. 39701).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/af.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Coad, B.W., 1981
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

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

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences |
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