Cyprinus barbatus

Cyprinus barbatus
Conservation status
Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Cyprininae
Genus:	Cyprinus
Species:	C. barbatus
Binomial name
Cyprinus barbatus H. L. Chen & H. Q. Huang, 1977

Cyprinus barbatus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Cyprinus . It is endemic to Lake Erhai in Dali, Yunnan, China. It is negatively impacted by agricultural and domestic pollution and introduced species. The IUCN considers it as critically endangered and possibly extinct, ^{[1] [2]} but records as recent as the 2000s (decade) show that it likely does survive. ^[3]

References

1. Zhou, W.; Chen, X.-Y. (2011). "Cyprinus barbatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011 e.T166039A6175926. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T166039A6175926.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cyprinus barbatus". FishBase .
3. Wang, Wang, Li, Du, Yang, Lassoie, and Hassan (2013). Six decades of changes in vascular hydrophyte and fish species in three plateau lakes in Yunnan, China. Biodivers. Conserv. 22: 3197–3221. doi: 10.1007/s10531-013-0579-0