Chinese paddlefish
psephurus gladius latin

The Chinese Paddlefish Website - containing many photographs of Psephurus.

The Chinese Paddlefish is the People's Republic of China's first-level protected animal.

Psephurus gladius Chinese paddlefish (Not recently verified extant, and perhaps now extinct)

Psephurus gladius (Chinese paddlefish)

The Chinese paddlefish (Psephurus gladius) is (or was) known only from the Yangtze River in China.

Environmentalists also fear that the dam will seriously affect biodiversity and render extinct several endangered fish species, including the Chinese sturgeon and Chinese paddlefish.

There are only two modern species of these fish: the Chinese paddlefish (Psephurus gladius) and the American paddlefish (Polyodon spathula).

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.

Polyodon spathula is one of two living species of Paddlefish; the other is the possibly extinct Chinese Paddlefish, Psephurus gladius.

Also included in this order are the paddlefish and the Chinese Paddlefish (Psephurus gladius), which may now be extinct and is at least critically endangered, is also a very large fish.

The Chinese paddlefish (Psephurus gladius) is (or was) known only from the Yangtze River in China.

There are only two modern species of these fish: the Chinese paddlefish (Psephurus gladius) and the American paddlefish (Polyodon spathula).

Polyodon spathula is one of two living species of Paddlefish; the other is the possibly extinct Chinese Paddlefish, Psephurus gladius.

One is Polyodon spathula which is found throughout the Mississippi river, and the second is Psephurus gladius of the Yangtse river system of China.

Also included in this order are the paddlefish and the Chinese Paddlefish (Psephurus gladius), which may now be extinct and is at least critically endangered, is also a very large fish.

Only two modern paddle fish species are known, Polyodon spathula in the Mississippi River System of North America, and the possibly extinct Psephurus gladius in the Yangtze River of China.