1.9K views · 97 reactions | Paddlefish might look big and scary, but actually they are very harmless fish. They are filter feeders and use hundreds of gill rakers specially adapted to filter plankton from the water. Its long paddle is covered with electroreceptors that are used to locate electric fields given off by zooplankton. #Paddlefish | National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium | Facebook

Have you ever wanted a closer look at some of the fish species we raise? Here's your chance! These paddlefish eggs hatched at Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery in South Dakota where a variety of fish are raised. Every spring, the hatchery captures wild, adult paddlefish to spawn more at the hatchery and then safely returns them back to their native habitat. This process occurs to help increase wild paddlefish populations that are battling habitat changes and overfishing. Everyone needs a littl