I agree, very little is known about them though from what little I gathered, that's what its said to have eaten. Such a shame it has fallen into extinction, very unique specimen. None have been caught/witnessed since 2007.
Agreed! Closest thing we can compare it to is its American brethren (which is very protected). Though they are slightly related to sturgeon.
You can get hatchery paddlefish here for 30 bucks, but not a species for inexperienced keepers at all
Yes many states have strict limits here in the u.s, for example in Missouri you need special permit tags, and are limited to 2 fish a year, which must be taken during the rather short "paddlefish season"
Sadly, this noble species and others like it are possibly going the way of the passenger pigeon and dusky seaside sparrow into the planets' fossel record, such is the price of progress. Some communities are doing breeding programs for endangered fish species with varying degrees of success, not unsimiliarly, but also different than the modern zoos endangered species breeding program, such as at Seattle Woodland Park Zoo as when I was employed there. We did fundraisers for this program and to improve and naturalize the habitats of our animals. The zoo management's fundraisers were large scale. But us in the trenches; zoo employees also had a Zoo bowl where hundred or so employees would contribute money to a pot. The winning bowling team received the money for conservation of their species choice of endangered animal. Even grassroots, local efforts can spark or augment larger efforts. There is a succeeding breeding program in Germany of the endangered Wels Catfish.
