The enormous and prehistoric Chinese Paddlefish is officially extinct

[Oxytropidoceras]

One of World's Largest Freshwater Fish May 

Be First Official Extinction of 2020

By Stephanie Pappas, Live Science, January 07, 2020

https://www.livescience.com/chinese-paddlefish-extinct.html

 

This enormous ancient fish is officially extinct

By Eva Frederick, Science, Jan. 7, 2020 

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/01/enormous-ancient-fish-officially-extinct

 

The paper is:

 

Zhang, H., Jarić, I., Roberts, D.L., He, Y., Du, H., Wu, J.,

Wang, C. and Wei, Q., 2020. Extinction of one of the 

world's largest freshwater fishes: Lessons for 

conserving the endangered Yangtze fauna. Science 

of The Total Environment, 710, p.136242.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969719362382

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.

[snolly50]

Just a footnote in the long, opprobrious history of Humankind's folly.

[Tidgy's Dad]

Heartbreaking news. 

[The Amateur Paleontologist]

This is really saddening

[dinosaur man]

 very sad news. Also a lot of the animals in that area are endangered or near extinction do to people. But the Chinese paddlefish just happened to be one of those unlucky animals. 

[Huntonia]

Very sad indeed! On a slightly more positive note, not sure if any of you guys knew but Giant Pandas are no longer considered 'endangered' as of recently and have been downgraded to 'vulnerable'. Kind of an interesting look at how life tends to be, one animal (or species or people) suffers while another thrives (I of course say thrive with some relativity).

 

https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/giant-panda-no-longer-endangered