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Associated observations

Photos / Sounds

What

Dwarf Sturgeon (Pseudoscaphirhynchus hermanni)

Observer

alexey-chernyak

Date

January 2016

Description

Detailed info in English: http://life-on-earth.ru/amu-darya-and-syr-darya-shovelnose-sturgeons/amu-darya-shovelnose-sturgeons-conservation-uzbekistan
Detailed info in Russian: http://life-on-earth.ru/amudarinskie-lopatonosy/amudarinskie-lopatonosy-proekt-sokhraneniya-uzbekistan
The photos:
Pseudoscaphirhynchus hermanni caught in Amu Darya River (near Khanka, Khorezm, Uzbekistan) in 2015. The photo was taken in Khorezm Mamun Academy in Khiva (a branch of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan) where the fish was kept in captivity for several years for conservation purposes.

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