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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 species in the paddlefish family (Polyodontidae), 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 origin of its binomial name comes from the Greek words pseph (pebble) and phoreus (bearer of), which when combined, also shares the meaning of the Greek word psepharos (gloomy/cloudy one.)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 (6 ft 7 in) and a weight of 25 kilograms (55 lb).It is said that the Chinese paddlefish can grow to 7.0 metres (23 ft) and weigh 500 kilograms (1,100 lb), but little research on a maximum size can be conducted today due to the species' scarcity. Zoologist Bǐng Zhì (秉志) is said to have recorded a 7-metre paddlefish caught by fishermen around the 1950s, although the authenticity of this story is unconfirmed.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-metre (12 ft), 250-kilogram (550 lb) 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 it died shortly afterwards 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 wikiPageID "269950".
- Chinese_paddlefish wikiPageLength "4625".
- Chinese_paddlefish wikiPageOutDegree "31".
- Chinese_paddlefish wikiPageRevisionID "675406788".
- Chinese_paddlefish wikiPageWikiLink Acipenseriformes.
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- Chinese_paddlefish wikiPageWikiLink Category:Animals_described_in_1862.
- Chinese_paddlefish wikiPageWikiLink Category:Endemic_fauna_of_China.
- Chinese_paddlefish wikiPageWikiLink Category:Fish_of_East_Asia.
- Chinese_paddlefish wikiPageWikiLink Category:Monotypic_fish_genera.
- Chinese_paddlefish wikiPageWikiLink Category:Polyodontidae.
- Chinese_paddlefish wikiPageWikiLink China.
- Chinese_paddlefish wikiPageWikiLink Chinese_Academy_of_Fishery_Sciences.
- Chinese_paddlefish wikiPageWikiLink Chordate.
- Chinese_paddlefish wikiPageWikiLink Classical_Chinese.
- Chinese_paddlefish wikiPageWikiLink Crab.
- Chinese_paddlefish wikiPageWikiLink Crayfish.
- Chinese_paddlefish wikiPageWikiLink Critically_endangered.
- Chinese_paddlefish wikiPageWikiLink Eduard_von_Martens.
- Chinese_paddlefish wikiPageWikiLink Elephant.
- Chinese_paddlefish wikiPageWikiLink Fish.
- Chinese_paddlefish wikiPageWikiLink Fresh_water.
- Chinese_paddlefish wikiPageWikiLink Giant_panda.
- Chinese_paddlefish wikiPageWikiLink Jingzhou.
- Chinese_paddlefish wikiPageWikiLink List_of_endangered_and_protected_species_of_China.
- Chinese_paddlefish wikiPageWikiLink Monster_Fish.
- Chinese_paddlefish wikiPageWikiLink Neontology.
- Chinese_paddlefish wikiPageWikiLink Paddlefish.
- Chinese_paddlefish wikiPageWikiLink Species.
- Chinese_paddlefish wikiPageWikiLink Three_Gorges_Dam.
- Chinese_paddlefish wikiPageWikiLink Yangtze.
- Chinese_paddlefish wikiPageWikiLinkText "Chinese paddlefish".
- Chinese_paddlefish wikiPageWikiLinkText "Psephurus".
- Chinese_paddlefish assessors "Qiwei, W.".
- Chinese_paddlefish binomial "Psephurus gladius".
- Chinese_paddlefish classis Actinopterygii.
- Chinese_paddlefish downloaded "2014-05-15".
- Chinese_paddlefish familia Paddlefish.
- Chinese_paddlefish genus "Psephurus".
- Chinese_paddlefish genusAuthority "Günther, 1873".
- 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 wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Acipenseriformes.
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- Chinese_paddlefish wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:IUCN2013.2.
- Chinese_paddlefish wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:More_footnotes.
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- Chinese_paddlefish wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Taxobox.
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- 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 Animal.
- Chinese_paddlefish type Eukaryote.
- Chinese_paddlefish type Fish.
- Chinese_paddlefish type Species.
- Chinese_paddlefish type Acipenseriforme.
- Chinese_paddlefish type Redirect.
- Chinese_paddlefish type Thing.
- Chinese_paddlefish type Q152.
- Chinese_paddlefish type Q19088.
- Chinese_paddlefish type Q729.
- 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 species in the paddlefish family (Polyodontidae), 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 sameAs Q477223.
- Chinese_paddlefish sameAs Psephurus_gladius.
- Chinese_paddlefish sameAs Peix_espàtula_xinès.