PADDLEFISH

Paddlefish

Paddlefish are primitive Chondrostean ray-finned fishes. The paddlefish can be distinguished by its large mouth and its elongated, spatula-like snout, called a rostrum, which is longer than the rest of the head. These fish are not closely related to sharks, which are in a different taxonomic class, but they do have some body parts that resemble those of sharks such as their skeletons, primarily composed of cartilage, and their deeply forked heterocercal tail fins. The age of this type of fish is hard to determine but many scientists think that they live 50 years or more.

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paddlefish

Noun

  1. Any of several primitive fish, of the family '''', that have a long snout shaped like a paddle.


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