Cyprinus yilongensis

Cyprinus yilongensis
A specimen of Cyprinus yilongensis exhibited in the Museum of Hydrobiological Sciences of Wuhan Institute of Hydrobiology
Conservation status
Extinct  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Cyprininae
Genus:	Cyprinus
Species:	†C. yilongensis
Binomial name
Cyprinus yilongensis Yang et al., 1977

Cyprinus yilongensis, the Yilong Lake carp, is an extinct species of carp found in Yilong Lake. Drainage of the lake caused the extinction of this species.

References

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Cyprinus yilongensis" in FishBase. April 2006 version.

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1. ↑ Zhou, W. (2011). "Cyprinus yilongensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T6179A12546193. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T6179A12546193.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.