Paddlefish

Taxonomy

The paddlefish does not have any know subspecies
the species has been around for 125 million years
the closest living relative to the paddlefish is the sturgeon
the three ancestors of the paddlefish are, paleopsephurus wilsoni, protopsephurus liui, and the psephurus gladius.

The paddlefish has a long paddle shaped snout which is ine third of their body length, they are scaless, and have an elongated body.
they have a skeleton closely realted to a sharks, their mouths are large and on the bottom, they have very small eyes.
the paddlefish can be from 4 to 7 feet
the average weight is 60-100 pounds
in the wild they can live up to 30 years but un captivity it is slightly shortened.
they main differnces between male and female paddle fish is their reproductive organs, size, and spawning behavior.

The average annual rainfall for the paddlefish habitat is 30-60 inches
paddlefish enviroment has multiple aquatuc plants such as, pondweeds, water lilies, and cattails
other animals that share the enviroment include, catfish, bass, carp, frogs, salamanders, turtles, freshwater snakes, and ducks
the temperature in the summer ranges between 70-85 degress Fahrenheit and in the winter it ranges between 32-50 degress fahrenheit
the paddlefish prefer a large open body of water with a slow to moderate current

paddlefish can primarily be found in north america
paddlefish are not seen as an invasive species but they have been brought into other areas and caused problems in the past

The paddlefishes diet mainly consusts of zooplankton
paddlefish feed while the move around through the water continuously throughout the day
the paddlefish eats zooplankton by swimmjng with their mouths wide open using their gill rakers to filter out zoo plankton.

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