Cyprinus yilongensis
| Cyprinus yilongensis | |
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| A specimen of Cyprinus yilongensis exhibited in the Museum of Hydrobiological Sciences of Wuhan Institute of Hydrobiology
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Cyprininae |
| Genus: | Cyprinus |
| Species: | †C. yilongensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Cyprinus yilongensis Yang et al., 1977
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Cyprinus yilongensis is an extinct species of
ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae
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It was found only in Yilong Lake, Yunnan, China.[2] It was last seen before 1981, when the lake was drained for 20 days, presumably causing the species' extermination.[1]
References
- ^ . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Cyprinus yilongensis" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
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