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The American paddlefish (Polyodon spathula), also known as a Mississippi paddlefish, spoon-billed cat, or spoonbill, is a species of ray-finned fish.
[10] [11] [16] Although the American paddlefish is one of the largest freshwater fishes in North America, their recorded lengths and weights fell short in comparison to the larger Chinese paddlefish. American paddlefish commonly reach 5 ft (1.5 m) or more in length and can weigh more than 60 lb (27 kg). The largest American paddlefish on record ...
This is a list of freshwater fish pursued by recreational anglers.. Alligator gar; American paddlefish; Amur catfish; Amur pike; Arapaima; Arctic grayling; Asian arowana; Asp (fish) ...
A reclusive fish from the Ohio River is at the heart of little-known Hoosier cottage industry that produces thousands of pounds of caviar a year.
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 ...
The American paddlefish is one of the largest freshwater fish in North America. Closely related to the sturgeon, it is one of only two extant taxa in the paddlefish family (the other being the Chinese paddlefish). Fossil records of paddlefish date back over 300 million years, nearly 50 million years before dinosaurs appeared.
The American paddlefish (Polyodon spathula) is a smooth-skinned ray-finned freshwater fish that is the only living species of the paddlefish family. The fish is often considered a relict species as it retains some morphological traits of its early ancestors, including a mostly cartilaginous skeleton and a paddle-shaped rostrum extending from its cranium for roughly one-third its body length.
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