January 7, 2020
The world has officially lost another species to extinction after fisheries experts in China add the Chinese paddlefish to the list. One of the largest freshwater fish species, which had survived for millions of years, it hasn’t been seen since 2003.
Up to 23 feet long, the Chinese paddlefish was the giant of the Yangtze. And we killed it.
According to a report in CNN, the Yangtze River in China has lost one of its oldest inhabitants – the Chinese paddlefish, one of the largest freshwater fish species, has been wiped out by overfishing and habitat fragmentation.
The Chinese paddlefish, which is believed to have lived since the Lower Jurassic period around 200 million years ago, hasn’t been seen for over a decade. Sadly, it is unlikely to be the last species lost the the planet forever.
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