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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.
These fish were not gentle giants, researchers say.
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
The three fish that were found between 2020 and 2023 were found outside their normal range – which could either mean there are more fish living in areas previously unknown or that they migrated ...
A monster fish found along the Connecticut River may mean a species once thought to be extinct is back, FOXCT reports. A 7-foot Atlantic Sturgeon washed up in Lyme ... why it died is still a ...
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.
Some mammals declared as extinct may very well reappear. [1] For example, a study found that 36% of purported mammalian extinction had been resolved, while the rest either had validity issues (insufficient evidence) or had been rediscovered. [3] As of December 2015, the IUCN listed 30 mammalian species as "critically endangered (possibly ...