Chinese Paddlefish Goes Extinct

One of the largest freshwater Chinese paddlefish (Psephurusgladius) fish has been declared extinct in a study published in the journal Science of the Total Environment.

Key Features

  • The Chinese paddlefish was an iconic species, measuring up to 7 m in length, dating back from 200 million years ago, and therefore swimming the rivers when dinosaurs ruled the Earth. Its ancestral home was the Yangtze River.
  • Chinese researchers made this conclusion based on the Red List criteria of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
  • In the case of the Chinese paddlefish, the researchers made the conclusion over long-term ....

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