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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]
The giant salmon carp has been rediscovered in Cambodia. ... These challenges are why scientists have long worried that the “Mekong Ghost,” a critically endangered giant salmon carp that can ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A huge fish in the Mekong River thought to be extinct has been spotted three times in recent years. “The giant salmon carp is like a symbol of the Mekong region,” said Chheana Chhut, a researcher at the Inland Fisheries Research and Development Institute in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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.
They are the earliest known vertebrates, and include the first and extinct fish that lived through the Cambrian to the Quaternary. The study of prehistoric fish is called paleoichthyology . A few living forms, such as the coelacanth are also referred to as prehistoric fish, or even living fossils , due to their current rarity and similarity to ...
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Giant salmon carp (Aaptosyax grypus) Long-spine bream (Acanthobrama centisquama) (possibly extinct) Arabian bream (Acanthobrama hadiyahensis) Damascus bream (Acanthobrama tricolor) (possibly extinct) Elongate bitterling (Acheilognathus elongatus) Alburnus macedonicus; Alburnus mandrensis; Central Anatolian bleak (Alburnus nasreddini)