Anabarilius macrolepis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
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]