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The diet of the American paddlefish consists primarily of zooplankton. Examples of animals in the P. spathula diet are copepods , cladocerans such as Daphnia pulex , and ephemeropteran nymphs. [ 32 ]
Paddlefish (family ... which not only signal the presence of prey items in the water column, such as zooplankton which is the primary diet of the American paddlefish, ...
Unlike its relative the American paddlefish, which is a planktivorous filter feeder, the Chinese paddlefish was primarily piscivorous, mainly feeding on small to medium-sized fishes like anchovies , cyprinids (Coreius, Rhinogobio), gobies as well as bagrid catfish and bothid flounders. Shrimp and crab were also eaten.
The estimated time of the divergence between sturgeons and paddlefish varies. An estimate based on 30 protein-encoding nuclear markers suggest 204.1 million years ago, research on mitochondrial genomes suggest 155.2 million years ago, and Bayesian dating based on the combined matrix of molecular (mitogenomes) and morphological characters set ...
Protopsephurus is an extinct genus of paddlefish containing the single species Protopsephurus liui, known from the Yixian, Jiufotang and Huajiying formations in Liaoning, northern China from the Barremian to Aptian ages of the Early Cretaceous period around 125-120 million years ago. [1] [2] It is currently the oldest and most basal paddlefish ...
The American paddlefish (Polyodon spathula), also known as a Mississippi paddlefish, spoon-billed cat, or spoonbill, is a species of ray-finned fish. It is the last living species of paddlefish (Polyodontidae).
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Diet [ edit ] Larval white sturgeon 10–11 mm (0.39–0.43 in) in TL experience the highest mortality when they transition from endogenous to exogenous feeding, around 8–14 days post-hatch depending on conditions.