Syr Darya sturgeon

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Syr Darya sturgeon
A Syr Darya sturgeon

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acipenseriformes
Family: Acipenseridae
Genus: Pseudoscaphirhynchus
Species:
P. fedtschenkoi
Binomial name
Pseudoscaphirhynchus fedtschenkoi
(
Kessler
, 1872)
Synonyms[3][4]
  • Scaphirhynchus fedtschenkoi Kessler 1872
  • Kessleria fedtschenkoi (Kessler 1872)
  • Pseudoscaphirhynchus fedtschenkoi f. brevirostris Berg 1905
  • Pseudoscaphirhynchus fedtschenkoi f. intermedia Berg 1905
  • Pseudoscaphirhynchus fedtschenkoi f. longirostris Berg 1905

The Syr Darya sturgeon (Pseudoscaphirhynchus fedtschenkoi), or Syr Darya shovelnose sturgeon,

Extinct), as no sightings have been reported since the 1960s.[1] The sturgeon is among the 25 "most wanted lost" species that are the focus of Re:wild’s "Search for Lost Species" initiative.[5]

Syr Darya sturgeon depicted on a postage stamp from Tajikistan

References

  1. ^
    doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T18599A156719554.en
    . Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  3. ^ Froese, R.; Pauly, D. (2017). "Acipenseridae". FishBase version (02/2017). Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  4. PMID 25543675
    .
  5. ^ "The Search for Lost Species". Global Wildlife Conservation. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
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