Anabarilius macrolepis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Xenocypridinae |
Genus: | Anabarilius |
Species: | †A. macrolepis
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Binomial name | |
†Anabarilius macrolepis | |
Yilong Lake is located in Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan |
Anabarilius macrolepis is an extinct species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae that was endemic to Yilong Lake in Yunnan, China. 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 1983–84, and was declared extinct in 2011. [1]