Visitors observe a specimen of a Chinese paddlefish at the Beijing Museum of Natural History on June 18, 2022. Photo: IC.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) announced the extinction of the Chinese paddlefish and the wild Yangtze sturgeon on Thursday in its updated Red List of threatened species.

Long beard, golden body, pink pelvic fins, streamlined body... This is not a goldfish, but a loach. Recently, some Chengdu citizens discovered this "unusual" loach while visiting a fresh food supermarket. On June 21, the reporter came to a fresh food supermarket in Chengdu and saw that there were golden loach for sale in the aquatic area, and the price was 79.9 yuan per catty. Around the water tank, there were many people watching, but not many people bought it.

In order to further promote the development of high-quality rice industry and improve the comprehensive production capacity of grain, in recent years, Cengong County, Guizhou has vigorously implemented the development project of high-quality characteristic grain industry and adopted the green ecological "rice + fish" planting and breeding mode, which has not only changed the traditional agricultural production mode, but also increased the yield and value of farmland, and increased the income of farmers.