Cyprinus micristius
Dianchi carp | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Genus: | Cyprinus |
Species: | C. micristius |
Binomial name | |
Cyprinus micristius Regan, 1906.[1] | |
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.[2] The nominate subspecies from the lake itself has not been confirmed since the 1960s.[3]
Sources
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Cyprinus micristius" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
- ↑ World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Cyprinus micristius. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
- ↑ 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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