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The Chinese paddlefish was officially declared extinct in 2022, with an estimated time of extinction to be by 2005, and no later than 2010, although it had become functionally extinct by 1993. [ 1 ] [ 4 ] The main cause of its extinction was the construction of the Gezhouba and Three Gorges dams , causing population fragmentation and blocking ...
Paddlefish (family Polyodontidae) are a family of ray-finned fish belonging to order Acipenseriformes, ... 1862 Chinese paddlefish (extinct c. 2003) tribe Polyodontini
The primary reasons for the decline of the now-extinct Chinese paddlefish are similar to those of American paddlefish, which include overfishing, the construction of dams, and destruction of habitat. [37] The last confirmed sighting of a live Chinese paddlefish was from the Yangtze River on January 24, 2003. [56]
The American paddlefish is the only species of paddlefish living after the extinction of the Chinese paddlefish, which was estimated to be extinct by 2005, and no later than by 2010. [6] Sturgeons are considered by IUCN to be the most critically endangered group of species in the world based on over 85% of sturgeon species being at risk of ...
There are 64 extinct species, 85 possibly extinct species, and six extinct in the wild species of ray-finned fish evaluated by the IUCN. ... Chinese paddlefish ...
Most living species of Acipenseriformes are classified as threatened (mostly endangered or critically endangered) by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The Chinese paddlefish was last seen alive in 2003, and was considered to have gone extinct sometime between 2005 and 2010 by the Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute in ...
The paddlefish had likely been suffering for a very long time, a fishing guide said. Fishermen save fish from surprising, painful situation. ‘Probably happy to be caught’
Parapsephurus is an extinct genus of paddlefish in the family Polyodontidae. Currently the only known species in this genus is the type species, Parapsephurus willybemisi. P. willybemisi is known a nearly complete specimen from the Tanis locality of the Hell Creek Formation in North Dakota, USA, which dates to the late Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous, approximately 66 million years ago.