Cyprinus yunnanensis
Appearance
Cyprinus yunnanensis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Cyprininae |
Genus: | Cyprinus |
Species: | C. yunnanensis
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Binomial name | |
Cyprinus yunnanensis T. L. Tchang, 1933
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Cyprinus yunnanensis is a critically endangered species of cyprinid fish in the genus Cyprinus from Qilu Lake in Yunnan, China.[1] Despite surveys of the lake it has not been seen since the 1970s and it is possibly extinct.[1] It reaches up to about 20 cm (8 in) in length.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Cui, K. (2011). "Cyprinus yunnanensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T166169A6186294. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T166169A6186294.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cyprinus yunnanensis". FishBase.