paddlefish

noun

pad·dle·fish ˈpa-dᵊl-ˌfish

: any of a family (Polyodontidae) of ganoid fishes

especially : a large food fish (Polyodon spathula) of the Mississippi River and its tributaries with a long paddle-shaped snout and with roe used in caviar

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White sturgeon diverged from other sturgeon and paddlefish about 46 million years ago. —

Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2024 The current state record in Arkansas for the largest paddlefish ever caught was certified in 2020 at Beaver Lake. —

Sydney Borchers, Fox News, 31 July 2023 Their sourdough scallion pancakes are served with soubise, crème fraiche, chives, and a dollop of paddlefish caviar on top—playing off of blini, the Russian pancakes. —

Cathy Erway, Bon Appétit, 5 Sep. 2023 The team of researchers also looked at the chemical signatures of different carbon isotopes in one of the unfortunate paddlefish, with the ratio between different isotope variants revealing how the availability of its favorite food, plankton, had affected its skeleton. —

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