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Epalzeorhynchos bicolor Smith, 1931

Red-tailed shark, Redtailed black shark, Red-tailed labeo, Red tailed shark, Redtail shark, Redtail sharkminnow

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Last record: 1970's

Rediscovered in ?

IUCN status: Critically Endangered

 

Distribution

Thailand

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Smith H. M. (1931). Descriptions of new genera and species of Siamese fishes. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 79(2873): 1-48.

 

Other references:

Kulabtong, Sitthi et al. (2014). Rediscovery of the critically endangered cyprinid fish Epalzeorhynchos bicolor (Smith,1931) from West Thailand (Cypriniformes Cyprinidae). Biodiversity Journal 5(2): 371-373.

Vidthayanon, C. (2011). Epalzeorhynchos bicolor. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 31 May 2013.

Yang, J.-X. and Winterbottom, R. (1998). Phylogeny and zoogeography of the cyprinid genus Epalzeorhynchos Bleeker (Cyprinidae: Ostariophysi). Copeia 1: 48-63.

 

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