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The Chinese paddlefish (Psephurus gladius; simplified Chinese: 白鲟; traditional Chinese: 白鱘; pinyin: báixún: literal translation: "white sturgeon"), also known as the Chinese swordfish, is an extinct species of fish that was formerly native to the Yangtze and Yellow River basins in China.
The other is the Chinese paddlefish (Psephurus gladius), which was declared extinct in 2022 following a 2019 recommendation; [6] [7] [8] the species has not been sighted in the Yangtze River Basin in China since 2003. [9] [10] Chinese paddlefish are also commonly referred to as "Chinese swordfish", or "elephant fish". [11]
The primary reasons for the decline of the now-extinct Chinese paddlefish are similar to those of American paddlefish, which include overfishing, the construction of dams, and destruction of habitat. [37] The last confirmed sighting of a live Chinese paddlefish was from the Yangtze River on January 24, 2003. [56]
The paddlefish had likely been suffering for a very long time, a fishing guide said. Fishermen save fish from surprising, painful situation. ‘Probably happy to be caught’
Genus Polyodon Lacépède, 1797 (American paddlefish) Genus †Psephurus Günther, 1873 (Chinese paddlefish) Family Acipenseridae Bonaparte, 1831 sensu Bemis et al., 1997 (sturgeons) Genus †Boreiosturion Murray et al. 2023; Genus †Protoscaphirhynchus Wilimovsky, 1956; Genus † Engdahlichthys Murray et al. 2020
Also included in this order are the paddlefish and the Chinese paddlefish (Psephurus gladius), which is now officially recognised as extinct by the IUCN (as of July 2022), is also a very large fish. Reportedly, fisherman as recently as the 1950s have caught paddlefish measuring up to 6.7 m (22 ft) in total length, although no specimen greater ...
The Chinese sturgeon is the largest fish in the river and among the largest freshwater fish in the world, reaching a length of 5 m (16 ft); the extinct Chinese paddlefish reputedly reached as much as 7 m (23 ft), but its maximum size is labeled with considerable uncertainty. [102] [103] [104]
A fisherman in northern Cambodia hooked what researchers say is the world’s largest freshwater fish — a giant stingray that scientists know relatively little