Amu Darya sturgeon (Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni)

General data

Main name: Amu Darya sturgeon
Local names: False Shovelnose Sturgeon
Climates: Temperate, Continental
Habitat: Freshwater
Native: Asia
Distribution: Amu Darya

Classification

Genus: Pseudoscaphirhynchus - Aral shovelnose sturgeons
Family: Acipenseridae - Sturgeons
Order: Acipenseriformes - Sturgeons and Paddlefish
Class: Chondrostei - Sturgeons and Paddlefishes
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes

Taxonomy of Fishes

Osteichthyes - Bony fishes->
- Actinistia - Lobe-finned fishes->
- Actinopteri - Ray-finned fishes->
- Cladistii - Bichirs->
- Dipnoi - Lungfishes->
- Chondrostei - Sturgeons and Paddlefishes->
  - Acipenseriformes - Sturgeons and Paddlefish->
    
    Acipenseridae - Sturgeons->
    
    Acipenser - Greater sturgeons->
    
    Huso - Beluga sturgeons->
    
    Pseudoscaphirhynchus - Aral shovelnose sturgeons->
    
    Amu Darya sturgeon (Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni)
    
    Syr Darya sturgeon (Pseudoscaphirhynchus fedtschenkoi)
    
    Dwarf sturgeon (Pseudoscaphirhynchus hermanni)
    
    Scaphirhynchus - American shovelnose sturgeons->
    
    Polyodontidae - Paddlefishes->
- Holostei - Gars and Bowfins->
Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes->
Agnatha - Jawless fishes->