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- Chinese_paddlefish abstract "Chinese Paddlefish, Psephurus gladius (simplified Chinese: 白鲟; traditional Chinese: 白鱘; pinyin: báixún), also known as Chinese Swordfish, are among the largest freshwater fish. It is one of two extant paddlefish species, the other being the American Paddlefish (Polyodon spathula). It is also called "elephant fish" (象魚; xiàngyú) because its snout resembles an elephant trunk. It is recorded sometimes in Classical Chinese as wěi-fish (鮪). More poetically, it is sometimes referred to as the "Giant Panda of the Rivers", not because of any physical resemblance to a panda, but because of its rarity and protected status.The Chinese Paddlefish is a first-level protected animal of the People's Republic of China. Its belly is white and back and head grey. They live mostly in the middle or lower part of the Yangtze (Chang Jiang), occasionally in large lakes. They feed on other fish, as well as small amounts of crabs and crayfish. Paddlefish are sexually mature at age seven or eight, with a typical body length of 2 metres and a weight of 25 kilograms.It is said that the zoologist Bǐng Zhì (秉志) recorded around the 1950s that some fishermen caught a paddlefish of 7-metres, although the authenticity of the story is unconfirmed. It is said that the Chinese paddlefish can grow to 23 feet and weigh 1,100 pounds, but little research on a maximum size can be conducted today due to the species' scarcity.Due to overfishing, the Chinese Paddlefish is critically endangered now, and officially recognized by the People's Republic in 1983 to prevent fishing of paddlefish young or adults. Paddlefish are also threatened by dams (such as the Three Gorges Dam) which divide the population into isolated groups. The fish are rarely seen, recently raising concerns that the species might already be extinct. During a three-year search conducted from 2006–2008 a research team from the Chinese Academy of Fisheries Science in Jingzhou failed to find even one specimen. The last confirmed sighting ofthe fish alive occurred January 24, 2003 on the Yangtze. However, a 3.6-meter, 250 kilogram specimen was capturedby illegal fishing on January 8, 2007, in Jiayu County. Local villagers contacted officials who rushed to the site.Zeb Hogan of Monster Fish on National Geographic Channel and other conservationists transferred thefish to a holding pen in hope that it would survive. But shortly afterwards it died due to unrecoverable injuries sustained while thrashing in the net.".
- Chinese_paddlefish binomialAuthority Eduard_von_Martens.
- Chinese_paddlefish class Actinopterygii.
- Chinese_paddlefish conservationStatus "PE".
- Chinese_paddlefish conservationStatusSystem "iucn3.1".
- Chinese_paddlefish family Paddlefish.
- Chinese_paddlefish kingdom Animal.
- Chinese_paddlefish order Acipenseriformes.
- Chinese_paddlefish phylum Chordate.
- Chinese_paddlefish synonym "Polyodon angustifolium".
- Chinese_paddlefish synonym "Polyodon gladius".
- Chinese_paddlefish thumbnail Psephurus_gladius.jpg?width=300.
- Chinese_paddlefish wikiPageExternalLink paddlefish.htm.
- Chinese_paddlefish wikiPageID "269950".
- Chinese_paddlefish wikiPageRevisionID "606178788".
- Chinese_paddlefish assessors "Sturgeon Specialist Group".
- Chinese_paddlefish binomial "Psephurus gladius".
- Chinese_paddlefish classis Actinopterygii.
- Chinese_paddlefish downloaded "2006-05-11".
- Chinese_paddlefish familia Paddlefish.
- Chinese_paddlefish genus "Psephurus".
- Chinese_paddlefish genusAuthority "Günther, 1873".
- Chinese_paddlefish hasPhotoCollection Chinese_paddlefish.
- Chinese_paddlefish id "18428".
- Chinese_paddlefish month "July".
- Chinese_paddlefish name "Chinese Paddlefish".
- Chinese_paddlefish ordo Acipenseriformes.
- Chinese_paddlefish p "báixún".
- Chinese_paddlefish phylum Chordate.
- Chinese_paddlefish regnum "Animalia".
- Chinese_paddlefish s "白鲟".
- Chinese_paddlefish species "P. gladius".
- Chinese_paddlefish species "gladius".
- Chinese_paddlefish status "PE".
- Chinese_paddlefish statusSystem "iucn3.1".
- Chinese_paddlefish synonyms "Polyodon angustifolium".
- Chinese_paddlefish synonyms "Polyodon gladius".
- Chinese_paddlefish t "白鱘".
- Chinese_paddlefish title "Psephurus gladius".
- Chinese_paddlefish year "1996".
- Chinese_paddlefish year "2010".
- Chinese_paddlefish subject Category:Animals_described_in_1862.
- Chinese_paddlefish subject Category:Endemic_fauna_of_China.
- Chinese_paddlefish subject Category:Fish_of_East_Asia.
- Chinese_paddlefish subject Category:Monotypic_fish_genera.
- Chinese_paddlefish subject Category:Polyodontidae.
- Chinese_paddlefish type Abstraction100002137.
- Chinese_paddlefish type BiologicalGroup107941170.
- Chinese_paddlefish type FishGenus101432517.
- Chinese_paddlefish type Genus108108972.
- Chinese_paddlefish type Group100031264.
- Chinese_paddlefish type MonotypicFishGenera.
- Chinese_paddlefish type TaxonomicGroup107992450.
- Chinese_paddlefish type Animal.
- Chinese_paddlefish type Eukaryote.
- Chinese_paddlefish type Fish.
- Chinese_paddlefish type Species.
- Chinese_paddlefish type Animal.
- Chinese_paddlefish type BiologicalLivingObject.
- Chinese_paddlefish type EukaryoticCell.
- Chinese_paddlefish type Fish.
- Chinese_paddlefish type Organism.
- Chinese_paddlefish comment "Chinese Paddlefish, Psephurus gladius (simplified Chinese: 白鲟; traditional Chinese: 白鱘; pinyin: báixún), also known as Chinese Swordfish, are among the largest freshwater fish. It is one of two extant paddlefish species, the other being the American Paddlefish (Polyodon spathula). It is also called "elephant fish" (象魚; xiàngyú) because its snout resembles an elephant trunk. It is recorded sometimes in Classical Chinese as wěi-fish (鮪).".
- Chinese_paddlefish label "Chinese paddlefish".
- Chinese_paddlefish label "Peixe-espátula chinês".
- Chinese_paddlefish label "Psephurus gladius".
- Chinese_paddlefish label "Psephurus gladius".
- Chinese_paddlefish label "Psephurus gladius".
- Chinese_paddlefish label "Psephurus gladius".
- Chinese_paddlefish label "Schwertstör".
- Chinese_paddlefish label "Wiosłonos chiński".
- Chinese_paddlefish label "Китайский веслонос".
- Chinese_paddlefish label "白鲟".
- Chinese_paddlefish sameAs Schwertstör.
- Chinese_paddlefish sameAs Psephurus_gladius.
- Chinese_paddlefish sameAs Psephurus_gladius.
- Chinese_paddlefish sameAs Psephurus_gladius.
- Chinese_paddlefish sameAs Psephurus_gladius.
- Chinese_paddlefish sameAs Wiosłonos_chiński.
- Chinese_paddlefish sameAs Peixe-espátula_chinês.
- Chinese_paddlefish sameAs m.01nsgz.
- Chinese_paddlefish sameAs Q477223.
- Chinese_paddlefish sameAs Q477223.
- Chinese_paddlefish sameAs Chinese_paddlefish.
- Chinese_paddlefish wasDerivedFrom Chinese_paddlefish?oldid=606178788.
- Chinese_paddlefish depiction Psephurus_gladius.jpg.
- Chinese_paddlefish isPrimaryTopicOf Chinese_paddlefish.
- Chinese_paddlefish name "Chinese Paddlefish".