Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni - Nukus Balyk Hatchery Brood Stock. iNaturalist 253566990; chip 401871

Big Amu Darya Shovelnose Sturgeon  (Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni)

Small narrow snout (dwarf) form

 

25.11.2024

 

04.04.2026

 

 

iNaturalist link:

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/253566990

Microchip implant 900263000-401871

Implanted 10.04.2025

Origin:The  Amu Darya river, town of Khanka area (Khorezm province, Uzbekistan); 23.11.2024; weight 67,4 g

https://www.google.ru/maps/@41.4920223,60.9227495,16214m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTAxNC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

 

The weight data may not be correct before 04.04.2026 due to scales lapse that were not properly checked.

 

Ultra sound screening with AcuVista VT880a portable water proof ultra sound scanner:

 

Date: 10.04.2025

Result: female, maturity stage II-III (the lower gonad was observed); tiny eggs

Weight on 10.04,2025 - 63,2 g

 

Date: 04.04.2026

Result: female, the second stage of maturity-beginning, fat (adipose)

Weight on 04.04.2026 - 77 g

 

Examining the fish on 04.04.2026

 

Videos of ultra sound screening on 04.04.2026:

 

 

Videos of ultra sound screening on 10.04.2025: