Amu Darya shovelnose sturgeons (Pseudoscaphirhynchus). Nukus Balyk fish hatchery, 11 and 12.04.2025

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Amu Darya shovelnose sturgeons (Pseudoscaphirhynchus hermanni and both forms of Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni (big broadnose form and small (dwarf) narrownose form)

Nukus Balyk fish hatchery (Nukus, Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan)
Recirculating aquaculture system (RAS)
11 and 12.04.2025

Water temperature in the pools is +19 oC

The fish were caught in the downstream of the Amu Darya river in Khanka-Bagat (Bogot) - Pitnak areas (Khorezm province, Uzbekistan).

In 2020 Nukus Balyk fish hatchery (Nukus, Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan) was registered as Amu Darya shovelnose sturgeons propagation hatchery. It provided the Amu Darya shovelnose conservation project () with a line of recirculating aquaculture system (RAS). Water in the system is refreshed from the Amu Darya river through a canal.
Creating an initial brood stock of Amu Darya shovelnose sturgeons is the first step towards their propagation and conservation efforts.