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	<dwc:Genus>Pseudoscaphirhynchus</dwc:Genus>
	<dwc:ScientificName>Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni (Kessler, 1877)</dwc:ScientificName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pl'>Wielki lopatonos</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='cs'>Lopatonos kaufmannův</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='de'>Großer Pseudoschaufelstör</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Amu Darya shovelnose sturgeon</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Amu Darya sturgeon</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Big Amu-Darya shovelnose</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>False Shovelnose Sturgeon</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>False shovelnose sturgeon</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Large Amu-Dar Shovelnose Sturgeon</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Shovelfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='et'>Suur ebalasntuur</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fi'>Amudarjanlapiosampi</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ru'>Амударьинский большой лопатонос</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='uk'>Псевдолопатоніс великий</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>丝尾拟铲鲟</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>絲尾擬鏟鱘</commonName>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Scaphirhynchus kaufmanni Kessler, 1877</synonym>
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