American paddlefish
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The American paddlefish remains a popular sport fish in those parts of its range where populations are sufficient to allow harvesting.

The American paddlefish is one of the largest freshwater fish in North America.

The Missouri River also contains the pre-historic American paddlefish.

Let the purists denounce his American Paddlefish Caviar.

But the deviled eggs at Cookshop are topped with caviar (from American paddlefish, mind you), signaling something else.

The American paddlefish feeds primarily on zooplankton but also feeds on crustaceans and bivalves.

Polyodon spathula (American paddlefish)

It is one of two extant paddlefish species, the other being the American Paddlefish (Polyodon spathula).

The American paddlefish is believed to use sensitive electroreceptors on its paddle to detect prey, as well as to navigate while migrating to spawning sites.

Old Sage Catfisheries' American Paddlefish Caviar has a small, nearly black bead that is firm and rich.

No, not sturgeon caviar, but a classy alternative: American paddlefish caviar that has been expertly processed in the same manner as the far more costly Sevruga.

There are only two modern species of these fish: the Chinese paddlefish (Psephurus gladius) and the American paddlefish (Polyodon spathula).

If someone substituted roe from the prosaic American paddlefish, a habitue of the Mississippi River whose eggs go for around $10 an ounce, you would know the difference, right?

Drawing data from state fish reports, law enforcement and conversations with fishermen, the wildlife group Traffic has concluded that American paddlefish, which have survived for 150 million years, are now in trouble.

The First Finding of the American Paddlefish "Polyodon Spathula" (Polyodontidae)in waters of the Russian Far East.

For the top, she executed a textbook dice of beets and chervil, mixed with American paddlefish caviar, which she chooses as an alternative to the overfished Caspian sea sturgeon.

The American paddlefish, Polyodon spathula, also called the Mississippi paddlefish or spoonbill, is a paddlefish living in slow-flowing waters of the Mississippi River drainage system.

But Jean Joho, the chef at the Everest Room in Chicago, compared serving Chinese truffles without identifying them to "selling American paddlefish caviar for Russian sevruga."

Though the American paddlefish was once common throughout the Midwest, overfishing and habitat changes have caused major population declines; both the meat and roe of Polyodon spathula are desirable as food.

The Fish and Wildlife agents called their undercover efforts Operation Malossol, for the method of preserving caviar by lightly salting it, and Operation Wedgehead, for the nickname of the American paddlefish.

Mr. Yazbak sold him what he claimed was Russian sevruga caviar, but DNA testing proved it was not; the vast majority of the eggs came from American paddlefish, a protected species indigenous to the United States.

The New York region is a center of international efforts to control the depletion not only of Russian sturgeon, which have long been overharvested, but also of sturgeon that are native to the United States, American paddlefish and shovelnose sturgeon.

Because of the reduced supply of Caspian Sea caviar - it is more difficult to import and there is less of it than before - some unscrupulous dealers are buying the roe of the American paddlefish and selling it as Russian sevruga.

Habitat use and movement of young paddlefish, Polyodon spathula.

The paddlefish (Polyodon spathula) is the only remaining member of the Polyodontidae family.

ARKive - images and movies of the paddlefish (Polyodon spathula)

Feeding of paddlefish,Polyodon spathula.

It is one of two extant paddlefish species, the other being the American Paddlefish (Polyodon spathula).

The paddlefish (Polyodon spathula) hunts plankton using thousands of tiny passive electroreceptors located on its extended snout, or rostrum.

Apparent digestibility coefficients of protein, lipid and carbohydrate in practical diets fed to paddlefish, "polyodon spathula" (Walbaum).

There are only two modern species of these fish: the Chinese paddlefish (Psephurus gladius) and the American paddlefish (Polyodon spathula).

One is Polyodon spathula which is found throughout the Mississippi river, and the second is Psephurus gladius of the Yangtse river system of China.

Because of their plankton-feeding habits, there is concern they will compete with native planktivorous fishes, which in North America include paddlefish (Polyodon spathula), gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum), and young fish of almost all species.