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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