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Oncorhynchus rastrosus (originally described as Smilodonichthys rastrosus [2]) also known as the saber-toothed salmon (now known to be a misnomer), [3] or spike-toothed salmon [1] is an extinct species of salmon that lived along the Pacific coast of North America and Japan. [4]
This is a list of North American animals extinct in the Holocene that covers extinctions from the Holocene epoch, a geologic epoch that began about 11,650 years before present (about 9700 BCE) [A] and continues to the present day. [1] Recently extinct animals in the West Indies and Hawaii are in their own respective lists.
The giant salmon carp has been rediscovered in Cambodia. - Chhut Chheana/Wonders of the Mekong The researchers published their findings on Tuesday in a study in the Biological Conservation journal.
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As of September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 65 extinct fish species, 87 possibly extinct fish species, and six extinct in the wild fish species. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Cartilaginous fish
That's how the three giant salmon carp found in the Mekong River and a tributary in Cambodia between 2020 and 2023 came to the attention of researchers. “I was really surprised and excited to see the real fish for the first time,” said Bunyeth Chan, a study co-author and researcher at Svay Rieng University in Cambodia.
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The giant salmon carp [2] (Aaptosyax grypus), also termed the Mekong giant salmon carp, [1] is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae and the single species in the monotypic genus Aaptosyax. [3] It is endemic to the middle reaches of the Mekong River in northern Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand.