Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/American paddlefish2

American paddlefish

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/April 23, 2022 by Jimfbleak - talk to me?  14:31, 7 March 2022 (UTC)



The American paddlefish is the only living species of its kind, and one of the largest freshwater fish in North America. Fossil records of paddlefish date back over 300 million years ago, nearly 50 million years before dinosaurs roamed the earth. The American paddlefish is referred to as a relict species even though it is highly derived with evolutionary adaptations specifically for filter feeding. The rostrum and cranium of American paddlefish are covered with tens of thousands of sensory receptors for locating swarms of zooplankton, their primary food source. Their electroreceptors are highly sensitive, enabling them to detect weak electrical fields, which signal not only the presence of zooplankton, but also the individual feeding and swimming movements of zooplankton appendages.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Pacific blue-eye on Jan. 5, 2021 is the last fish that I could find.
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 * Promoted: Nov. 14, 2014. URFA/2020 declared "Satisfactory" Feb. 15, 2022
 * Reasons for nomination: TFA diversity (it's been a long time since a fish has been featured), recently checked and satisfactory. This is the article's second TFA nomination, which is why some of the formatting is wrong. Please let me know how to repair, if possible. Last TFA was Dec. 24, 2014.
 * Support as nominator. Z1720 (talk) 13:44, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Support (involved as prior nom) - article is timeless, kept current & sources are updated.  Atsme 💬 📧 14:00, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Support per nom. It's a good idea to have a fish-related page here (and you gotta love that face!). --Tryptofish (talk) 19:37, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Support. Gog the Mild (talk) 19:37, 15 February 2022 (UTC)