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paddlefish Primitive bony fish related to the sturgeon and found in the basins of the Mississippi and Yangtze rivers. Blue, green or grey, it has a cartilaginous skeleton and a long paddle-like snout. Length: 1.8m (6ft). Family Polyodontidae.

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paddlefish See POLYODONTIDAE.

A Dictionary of Zoology MICHAEL ALLABY

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