Anabarilius macrolepis

Anabarilius macrolepis

Extinct  (1981)  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Anabarilius
Species: A. macrolepis
Binomial name
Anabarilius macrolepis
P. L. Yih & C. K. Wu, 1964[2]
Yilong Lake is located in Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan

Anabarilius macrolepis was a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Anabarilius that was endemic to Yilong Lake. It is believed that it became extinct when Yilong Lake dried up in 1981, as a result of water abstraction for agriculture. The species was not observed in 1983-4, and was declared extinct in 2011.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Zhou, W. (2011). "Anabarilius macrolepis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 2014-10-24.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Anabarilius macrolepis" in FishBase. April 2006 version.


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