Biology:Cyprinus micristius

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Short description: Species of fish

Cyprinus micristius

Critically endangered, possibly extinct (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Cyprininae
Genus: Cyprinus
Species:
C. micristius
Binomial name
Cyprinus micristius
Regan, 1906.[2]
Synonyms

Mesocyprinus micristius (Regan, 1906)

Cyprinus micristius, the Dianchi carp, is a critically endangered species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found only in Lake Dianchi and its tributaries in Yunnan, China.[1] The nominate subspecies from the lake itself has not been confirmed since the 1960s.[3]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 Chen, X.-Y.; Yang, J. (2008). "Cyprinus micristius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T6178A12541801. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T6178A12541801.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6178/12541801. Retrieved 15 November 2021. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Cyprinus micristius" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
  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

Wikidata ☰ Q303327 entry