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    Fish hobbyists, meet the Paddle fish

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    Date
    February 12, 2014
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    Classification code
    ML20140212_B8
    Excerpt
    Fish Hobbyist and other collectors of exotic and rare freshwater fish may be happy to learn that the paddlefish is a now a new member of the over 3,000 species of river monster family at Las Farolas on Frontera Verde Drive beside Tiendesitas, Ortigas Ave., Pasig City. A member of the Polyodontidae family, the paddlefish, also known as "spoonbill," "Spoonies," "spoonbill Catfish," Spade Fish," and "shove Fish," is a primitive Chondrostean ray-finned fish distinguish by its large mouth and elongated, spatula-like snout, called a rostrum which accounts for about one third of its total body length.
    Citation
    Fish hobbyists, meet the paddlefish. (2014, February 12). Malaya Business Insight, p. B8.
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12174/9054
    Corporate Names
    International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
    Geographic Names
    Pasig City Yangtze River
    Scientific Names
    Polyodontidae Chondrostean Psephurus gladius Polyodon spathula
    Subject
    fish introduced species rare species new species Freshwater fish
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