Cyprinus yilongensis

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Cyprinus yilongensis
Specimen of Cyprinus yilongensis, Museum of Hydrobiological Sciences, Wuhan Institute of Hydrobiology 2.jpg
A specimen of Cyprinus yilongensis exhibited in the Museum of Hydrobiological Sciences of Wuhan Institute of Hydrobiology
Status iucn3.1 EX.svg
Extinct  (1981)  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Cyprininae
Genus: Cyprinus
Species:
†C. yilongensis
Binomial name
†Cyprinus yilongensis
Yang et al., 1977

Cyprinus yilongensis (Common name: Yilong Lake Carp) is an extinct species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It was found only in Yilong Lake, Yunnan, China. [2] It was last seen before 1981, when the lake was drained for 20 days, presumably causing the species' extermination. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Zhou, W. (2011). "Cyprinus yilongensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011 e.T6179A12546193. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T6179A12546193.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cyprinus yilongensis". FishBase .


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