Poropuntius chonglingchungi

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Poropuntius chonglingchungi
Status iucn3.1 CR.svg
Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Poropuntius
Species:
P. chonglingchungi
Binomial name
Poropuntius chonglingchungi
(T. L. Tchang, 1938) [2]
Synonyms
  • Barbus chonglingchungiTchang, 1938
  • Barbodes chonglingchungi(Tchang, 1938)
  • Barbodes lacustrisWu, 1977
  • Puntius pachygnathusWang, Zhuang & Gao, 1982

Poropuntius chonglingchungi is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Poropuntius . The species is only known from Fuxian Lake in Yunnan; it enters streams for spawning. It has been impacted by introduced species, the loss of spawning habitat, and over-fishing. It has not been recorded since the 1980s; IUCN considers it as Critically Endangered and possibly extinct. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Zhao, H. (2011). "Poropuntius chonglingchungi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011. IUCN: e.T166192A6189259. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T166192A6189259.en . Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Poropuntius chonglingchungi". FishBase .


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