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  2. List of recently extinct fishes - Wikipedia

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    Salmoniformes. Extinct species. Longjaw cisco (Coregonus alpenae) Coregonus bezola. Coregonus fera. Coregonus gutturosus. Gravenche (Coregonus hiemalis) Deepwater cisco (Coregonus johannae)

  3. Coelacanth - Wikipedia

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    Coelacanth. Coelacanths (/ ˈsiːləkænθ / ⓘ SEE-lə-kanth) (order Coelacanthiformes) are an ancient group of lobe-finned fish (Sarcopterygii) in the class Actinistia. [2][3] As sarcopterygians, they are more closely related to lungfish and tetrapods (which includes amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals) than to ray-finned fish.

  4. Leedsichthys - Wikipedia

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    Leedsichthys is an extinct genus of pachycormid fish that lived in the oceans of the Middle to Late Jurassic. [1] It is the largest ray-finned fish, and amongst the largest fish known to have ever existed. [2] The first remains of Leedsichthys were identified in the nineteenth century. Especially important were the finds by the British ...

  5. List of recently extinct molluscs - Wikipedia

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    Angled flat-top snail (Neoplanorbis smithi) Little flat-top snail (Neoplanorbis tantillus) Umbilicate flat-top snail (Neoplanorbis umbilicatus) Fish Lake physa (Physella microstriata) Acorn ramshorn (Planorbella multivolvis) Fish springs marshsnail (Stagnicola pilsbryi) Possibly extinct species.

  6. Tiktaalik - Wikipedia

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    Tiktaalik. Tiktaalik (/ tɪkˈtɑːlɪk /; Inuktitut ᑎᒃᑖᓕᒃ [tiktaːlik]) is a monospecific genus of extinct sarcopterygian (lobe-finned fish) from the Late Devonian Period, about 375 Mya (million years ago), having many features akin to those of tetrapods (four-legged animals). [1]

  7. List of recently extinct mammals - Wikipedia

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    Least concern (LC): 3,306 species. Data deficient (DD): 872 species. Mammalian species (IUCN, 2020-1) 5850 extant species have been evaluated. 4978 of those are fully assessed a. 3651 are not threatened at present b. 1244 to 2116 are threatened c. 81 to 83 are extinct or extinct in the wild: 81 extinct (EX) species d.

  8. American paddlefish - Wikipedia

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    The American paddlefish (Polyodon spathula), also known as a Mississippi paddlefish, spoon-billed cat, or spoonbill, is a species of ray-finned fish. It is the last living species of paddlefish (Polyodontidae). This family is most closely related to the sturgeons; together they make up the order Acipenseriformes, which are one of the most ...

  9. Silver trout - Wikipedia

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    The name "silver trout" is also sometimes used for rainbow trout. The silver trout (Salvelinus agassizii) is an extinct char species or subspecies that inhabited a few waters in New Hampshire in the United States prior to 1939, when a biological survey conducted on the Connecticut watershed by the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department found none.