Cyprinus yilongensis Yang et al., 1977
Yilong carp
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: 1963-64
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
The lake was drained for 20 days in 1981.
Distribution
China
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Yang et al. in: Chen, H.-L. & H.-Q. Huang. (1977). Cyprininae. Pp. 395-438. In: Zhongguo like yulei zhi. (Wu, ed.).
Other references:
Cao, Liang, Zhang ,E., Zang, Chunxin and Cao, Wenxuan. (2016). Evaluating the status of China’s continental fish and analyzing their causes of endangerment through the red list assessment. Biodiv. Sci. 24(5): 598-609. [Abstract]
Hilton-Taylor, C. 2000. 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
Jiang, C-L. and Xu, L-H. 1996. Diversity of aquatic actinomycetes in Lakes of the Middle Plateau, Yunnan, China. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 62(1): 249-253. [relevant reference?]
Wang, S. (editor): 1998 China red data book of endangered animals. Pisces. National Environmental Protection Agency. Endangered Species Scientific Commision. Science Press, Beijing, China. p. 176-177.
Zheng, Z. 1963. Some materials on the growth and the relative fatness of carps from Yilung and Kunming lakes, Yunnan. Acta Zoologica Sinica 15(1): [pagination?]. [relevant citation?]
Zhou, W. (2011a). Cyprinus yilongensis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 31 May 2013.
Zhou, W. 2011b. Cyprinus yilongensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T6179A12546193. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T6179A12546193.en. Accessed on 14 June 2022.