Chinese paddlefish

Chinese paddlefish
Preserved specimens at Museum of Hydrobiological Sciences, Institute of Hydrobiology, Wuhan, China
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acipenseriformes
Family: Polyodontidae
Genus: †Psephurus
Günther, 1873
Species:
†P. gladius
Binomial name
Psephurus gladius
(von Martens, 1862)
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Polyodon gladius von Martens, 1862
  • Spatularia (Polyodon) angustifolium Kaup, 1862
  • Polyodon angustifolium (Kaup, 1862)

The Chinese paddlefish (Psephurus gladius) (simplified Chinese: 白鲟; traditional Chinese: 白鱘; pinyin: báixún), also known as Chinese swordfish, is an extinct species of fish that was found in Yangtze and Yellow River basins in China. They had an average length of 3 m (9.8 ft),[4] making it one of the largest species of primarily freshwater fishes.

The Chinese paddlefish was officially declared extinct in July 2022, with an estimated time of extinction to be by 2005–2010, although it had become functionally extinct by 1993.[5] The main cause of its extinction was the construction of the Gezhouba and Three Gorges dams.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Qiwei, W. (2022). "Psephurus gladius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T18428A146104283. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T18428A146104283.en. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  2. ↑ Froese, R.; Pauly, D. (2017). "Polydontidae". FishBase version (02/2017). Archived from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "Polydontidae" (PDF). Deeplyfish- fishes of the world. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  4. ↑ Yirka, Bob (2020-01-08). "Chinese paddlefish declared extinct". Phys.org. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
  5. ↑ Zhang, Hui; Jarić, Ivan; Roberts, David L.; He, Yongfeng; Du, Hao; Wu, Jinming; Wang, Chengyou; Wei, Qiwei (2020). "Extinction of one of the world's largest freshwater fishes: Lessons for conserving the endangered Yangtze fauna". Science of the Total Environment. 710. Elsevier BV: 136242. Bibcode:2020ScTEn.710m6242Z. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.136242. ISSN 0048-9697. PMID 31911255. S2CID 210086307.
  6. ↑ "The Chinese paddlefish was reevaluated to be extinct". IUCN. 3 February 2016. Archived from the original on 2020-08-23.


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