This unusual fish comes in a beautifully detailed hand-painted pin, believe it or not! We also have the paddlefish in gold finish, bronze finish, and the original pewter casting. I think the painted ones are amazing!The paddlefish lives the American Midwest and can be found in the Mississippi and Missouri River systems as well as in the Great Lakes. The mouth looks small here, but it can gape wider than the height of the fish. These fish are extremely ancient, showing up in the fossil record 300 to 400 million years ago - about 50 million years before the dinosaurs. American paddlefish reach a size of several feet long, while those in the Yangtse River of China are found up to about 9 feet. Rumors tell of Chinese paddlefish reaching sizes of 23 feet long, but these stories are not substantiated.
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