hermanni, Scaphirhynchus Kessler [K. F.] (ex Severtzov) 1877:190, Pl. 8 (fig. 25, 25a-b) [The Aralo-Caspian Expedition; ref. 2597] Amu Darya River, Turkmenistan or Uzbekistan. Syntypes: ZIN 3690 (4). •Valid as Pseudoscaphirhynchus hermanni (Kessler 1877) -- (Berg 1948:105 [ref. 12882], Coad 1981:8 [ref. 22348], Salnikov et al. 1996:10 [ref. 22563], Mayden & Kuhajda 1996:261 [ref. 22395], Bemis et al. 1997:37 [ref. 22871], Hilton et al. 2011:136 [ref. 31407], Çiçek et al. 2023:8 [ref. 40326]). Current status: Valid as Pseudoscaphirhynchus hermanni (Kessler 1877). Acipenseridae. Distribution: Central Asia: endemic to Amu Darya River system (Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan). Habitat: freshwater, brackish.