Paddlefish Missouri Department of Conservation

The paddlefish is sharklike, with a greatly elongated, paddlelike snout. Overall color is bluish gray to blackish on the back, grading to white on belly. The snout in small individuals is more one-third of the fish’s total length. The mouth is large, lacks teeth (in adults), and is far back beneath the head. The eyes are small, positioned just above the front edge of the mouth, and directed down and forward instead of to the side. The gill cover has a fleshy, pointed flap. The tail is forked, with the upper lobe longer than the lower. There are no scales, except for a patch on the tail.Similar species: The paddlefish's only living relative, the Chinese paddlefish, was officially declared extinct in 2022. That leaves our paddlefish the only living representative of its unique lineage left on Earth.

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