Here is an example of a paddlefish. This fish is fairly rare in the upper Ohio River. This fish was collected during the night of 9/15/08 near New Cumberland Lock and Dam on the Ohio River. This fish is 47" long from the tip of the tail to the tip of the rostrum (bill). This fish feeds exclusively on zooplankton (tiny organisms) by filter feeding and it is one of the two fishes from which freshwater caviar come from.
2 comments:
good grief! how much does that fish weigh? Curt, you look like you are in heaven!
amazing...that thing looks like it should be in the ocean!
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