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Chinese paddlefish

Index Chinese paddlefish

Chinese paddlefish (Psephurus gladius), also known as Chinese swordfish, are among the largest freshwater fish, although the species is anadromous. [1]

34 relations: Acipenseriformes, Actinopterygii, Albert Günther, American paddlefish, Animal, Binomial nomenclature, Brackish water, China, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Chordate, Classical Chinese, Critically endangered, Eduard von Martens, Elephant, Estuary, Extinction, Fish migration, FishBase, Freshwater fish, Giant panda, Hydroacoustics, International Union for Conservation of Nature, IUCN Red List, Jiayu County, Jingzhou, List of endangered and protected species of China, National Geographic (U.S. TV channel), Neontology, Paddlefish, Spawn (biology), Species, Three Gorges Dam, Tributary, Yangtze.

Acipenseriformes

''Yanosteus longidorsalis'' MHNT Acipenseriformes is an order of basal ray-finned fishes that includes the sturgeons and paddlefishes, as well as some extinct families.

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Actinopterygii

Actinopterygii, or the ray-finned fishes, constitute a class or subclass of the bony fishes.

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Albert Günther

Albert Karl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther FRS, also Albert Charles Lewis Gotthilf Günther (3 October 1830 – 1 February 1914), was a German-born British zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist.

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American paddlefish

The American paddlefish (Polyodon spathula) is a species of basal ray-finned fish closely related to sturgeons in the order Acipenseriformes.

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Animal

Animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia.

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Binomial nomenclature

Binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system") also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin grammatical forms, although they can be based on words from other languages.

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Brackish water

Brackish water is water that has more salinity than fresh water, but not as much as seawater.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.

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Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences

The Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences (CAFS) (Pinyin: Zhōngguó shuǐchǎn Kēxuéyánjiūyuàn) is a large fisheries research institute.

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Chordate

A chordate is an animal belonging to the phylum Chordata; chordates possess a notochord, a hollow dorsal nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, an endostyle, and a post-anal tail, for at least some period of their life cycle.

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Classical Chinese

Classical Chinese, also known as Literary Chinese, is the language of the classic literature from the end of the Spring and Autumn period through to the end of the Han Dynasty, a written form of Old Chinese.

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Critically endangered

A critically endangered (CR) species is one which has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

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Eduard von Martens

Eduard von Martens (18 April 1831 – 14 August 1904) also known as Carl or Karl Eduard von Martens, was a German zoologist.

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Elephant

Elephants are large mammals of the family Elephantidae and the order Proboscidea.

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Estuary

An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea.

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Extinction

In biology, extinction is the termination of an organism or of a group of organisms (taxon), normally a species.

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Fish migration

Many types of fish migrate on a regular basis, on time scales ranging from daily to annually or longer, and over distances ranging from a few metres to thousands of kilometres.

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FishBase

FishBase is a global species database of fish species (specifically finfish).

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Freshwater fish

Freshwater fish are those that spend some or all of their lives in fresh water, such as rivers and lakes, with a salinity of less than 0.05%.

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Giant panda

The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca, literally "black and white cat-foot";, literally "big bear cat"), also known as panda bear or simply panda, is a bear native to south central China.

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Hydroacoustics

Hydroacoustics is the study and application of sound in water.

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International Union for Conservation of Nature

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.

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IUCN Red List

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List), founded in 1964, has evolved to become the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biological species.

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Jiayu County

Jiayu County is a county of southeastern Hubei province, People's Republic of China, located on the southeast (right) bank of the Yangtze River.

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Jingzhou

Jingzhou is a prefecture-level city in southern Hubei, China, located on the banks of the Yangtze River.

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List of endangered and protected species of China

The endangered species of China may include any wildlife species designated for protection by the national government of China or listed as endangered by international organizations such as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

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National Geographic (U.S. TV channel)

National Geographic (formerly National Geographic Channel and also commercially abbreviated and trademarked as Nat Geo or Nat Geo TV) is an American digital cable and satellite television network that is owned by National Geographic Partners, majority-owned by 21st Century Fox with the remainder owned by the National Geographic Society.

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Neontology

Neontology is a part of biology that, in contrast to paleontology, deals with living (or, more generally, recent) organisms.

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Paddlefish

Paddlefish (family Polyodontidae) are basal Chondrostean ray-finned fish.

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Spawn (biology)

Spawn is the eggs and sperm released or deposited into water by aquatic animals.

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Species

In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank, as well as a unit of biodiversity, but it has proven difficult to find a satisfactory definition.

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Three Gorges Dam

The Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric gravity dam that spans the Yangtze River by the town of Sandouping, in Yiling District, Yichang, Hubei province, China.

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Tributary

A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake.

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Yangtze

The Yangtze, which is 6,380 km (3,964 miles) long, is the longest river in Asia and the third-longest in the world.

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Baixun, Chinese Paddlefish, Chinese Swordfish, Chinese swordfish, Polyodon angustifolium, Polyodon gladius, Psephurus, Psephurus gladius.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_paddlefish

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