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Polyodontidae
Chinese paddlefish
Psephurus gladius
Long paddle like snout
- White
- Tropical
- Local endemic species
- Restricted distribution
- East Asia
- Elongated
- Large
- Tropical fish
White
Tropical
Restricted distribution
Elongated
LargeChinese paddlefish is a freshwater fish of Asia. The species occupies freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 300 cm.
- Family
- Polyodontidae
- Genus
- Psephurus
- Maximum length
- 300 cm
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Asia: China, endemic to the Yangtze River and its tributaries.
- Conservation status
- EXExtinct
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Family
Conservation status