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Detailed info: http://life-on-earth.ru/sokhranenie-bioraznoobraziya/amudarinskie-lopatonosy-kyzylkum

Juweniles of various ages of Вig broadnose form of Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni caught in Aprile 2005 as bycatch in the middle stream of Amu Darya River flowing between Kyzylkum and Karakum Deserts (Kyzylravat, Uzbekistan).

Detailed info in English: http://life-on-earth.ru/amu-darya-and-syr-darya-shovelnose-sturgeons/amu-darya-shovelnose-sturgeons-conservation-uzbekistan
Detailed info in Russian: http://life-on-earth.ru/amudarinskie-lopatonosy/amudarinskie-lopatonosy-proekt-sokhraneniya-uzbekistan
The photos:
Pseudoscaphirhynchus hermanni caught in Amu Darya River (near Khanka, Khorezm, Uzbekistan) in 2015. The photo was taken in Khorezm Mamun Academy in Khiva (a branch of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan) where the fish was kept in captivity for several years for conservation purposes.

Detailed info: http://life-on-earth.ru/sokhranenie-bioraznoobraziya/amudarinskie-lopatonosy-reka-vakhsh-tadzhikistan

Photos 1-19:
Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni (Small narrownose form) caught in the lower stream of Vakhsh River (Tadjikistan) in 2012-2013 for conservation purposes and its eggs (on various stages of theier development) and larva (the photos of eggs and larva were taken by Dmitry Balashov - a member of EARAZA the most rare Eurasian sturgeons conservation group).
The last photo:
Alexey Chernyak with Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni (Вig broadnose form) caught at the same place in 2012 for conservation purposes (Вig broadnose form is a rare guest in Vakhsh River coming from Amu Darya River time to time.