Paddlefish

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jbijl said:
No it is not possible to clone them using the american paddlefish
Yes they are related but not close enough and the american paddlefish is a filterfeeder but the Chinees is a bottemfeeder
The most importend why they are already extinct is that they cannot get to their breedingground and feedingground and than we dident talk about fishing ,water pollution by chemicalplants and citys and also farmers
The last seen one was in 2003 and that was a male they have release it becose a coppel of months before the male they had a big female and it die becose it cannot cope whit living in captivity

There are more sp of Sturgeon that are great to see but also will end up like the chinese river sturgeon

The Paddelfish

alien carp in U.S are outcompeting them for food in some rivers What types of Carp

Paddelfish feed on they eat plankton and mosquito larvae, crustaceans, and floating eggs and baby fishies

I think that the Alien carp is one of much more imported species that now take the upper hand like snakeheads a big part of te reason is
And also fishing ,water pollution by chemicalplants and citys and also farmers ore people who throw rubbish in the water and of course not forgetting the dams putting the species already under pressure , and this all togetter can give the same result like the chinese one
Kind Regards Jeroen
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Dam that sucks, I thought there might still be hope for them.

It's interesting I thought that they were also filter feeders. I've heard that the american paddlefish locates food by sensing it with it's rostrum yhats why I assumed the same for the chinese paddlefish.

I would love to find in the main person who was responsible for the EIA's of the dams or who ever was responsible for the authorization of building them and put the rotting carcass of the dead female in their house with a note that says "Are you happy now ?". Would probably achieve nothing, but would make me feel better.

The carp I was talking about was the bighead carp or the silver carp, not sure what species are there but their both filter feeders. I saw it on a documentary by Zeb Hogan. The fish that escaped from farms or wherever had this flight response unlike their native brethren, to jump in the air when in danger. They even put up submerged electric fences to stop them from entering the great lakes area, although I think they did tests on the water from one of the lakes and found traces of these carp's DNA.
 
The only thing that they have te same is
The american paddlefish and the chinese paddlefish locates food by sensing it with it's rostrum

Whit my paddelfish i see that when i am feeding them and they also use ther rostrum to sweep the food together
gr Jeroen
 
jbijl Are these paddles your's?
 
Very nice, Jeroen. How large are they? Is the white edge on the rostrum an indication of growth?
 
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