Anabarilius macrolepis

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Anabarilius macrolepis
Status iucn3.1 EX.svg
Extinct  (1981)  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Suborder: Cyprinoidei
Family: Xenocyprididae
Genus: Anabarilius
Species:
A. macrolepis
Binomial name
Anabarilius macrolepis
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Yilong Lake is located in Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan

Anabarilius macrolepis is an extinct species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies. [3] This species was endemic to Yilong Lake in Yunnan, China. It is believed that it became extinct when Yilong Lake dried up in 1981, as a result of water abstraction for agriculture. The species was not observed in 1983–84, and was declared extinct in 2011. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Zhou, W. (2011). "Anabarilius macrolepis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011: e.T166049A6178632. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T166049A6178632.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Anabarilius macrolepis". FishBase .
  3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Anabarilius". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 20 January 2025.