Cyprinus micristius

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.[3] The nominate subspecies from the lake itself has not been confirmed since the 1960s.[4]

Cyprinus micristius

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. micristius
Binomial name
Cyprinus micristius
Regan, 1906.[2]
Synonyms

Mesocyprinus micristius (Regan, 1906)

Sources

  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.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Cyprinus micristius" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
  3. World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Cyprinus micristius. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
  4. 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


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