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The American paddlefish, aka Mississippi paddlefish, spoonbill, or spoon-billed cat, is a smooth-skinned, ray-finned fish. They are closely related to the sturgeon. Paddlefish fossil records date back to approximately 125 million years, to the Early Cretaceous. Due to the threats of habitat destruction, at the hands of residential and commercial […]

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