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Extinction of Paddlefish
January 5 , 2020
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- China has declared that the country’s giant paddlefish often called as ‘Panda of the Yangtze river’ has become extinct.
- The extinction was reported due to decades of overfishing.
- As per scientists of the Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute it became extinct between 2005 and 2010.
- The paddlefish with scientific name Psephurus gladius, can grow up to 22 feet (7 meters) in length.
- The last confirmed sighting of the paddlefish was in the year 2003.
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