American Paddlefish Ram Suspension Feeding

2018-04-14

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Paddlefish-Polyodon spathula

About This Animal:

SIZE: Up to 7 feet and 150 pounds (This one was small) RANGE: Historical range included the Mississippi River Basin and the Great Lakes

HABITAT: Rivers or reservoirs that have slow currents and high concentrations of zooplankton

DIET: Crustacean zooplankton

LIFESPAN: 56 years

Recorded at the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga by Destin Sandlin

ON EXHIBIT: Tennessee River Gallery, Nickajack Lake exhibit www.tnaqua.org