China listed the paddlefish as a protected species in 1989. Sightings of the fish continued in the 1990s, but in 1995 the last young individual was seen in the wild. In 2003, an adult Chinese ...

Researchers in China have named a newly discovered fish species after the Studio Ghibli character San from "Princess Mononoke," based on its similar facial markings.

Red List of Threatened Species. "According to the IUCN, the population of Chinese bahaba, also called the yellow-lipped fish, in the wild has declined markedly over the past 50 years," said Huang ...

Every year, these prehistoric fish journey some 2,000 miles ... the only place where the species is found, and there are fears that wild Chinese sturgeon may soon go extinct like their Chinese ...