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Hemigrammocypris lini Weitzman & Chan, 1966

Garnet minnow

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Extinct in the wild

 

Distribution

China

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

USNM 359591.5269412 (1 fish)

 

Also 1 paratype at CHS

 

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Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Weitzman, Stanley H. and Chan, L. L. (1966). Identification and relationships of Tanichthys albonubes and Aphyocypris pooni, two cyprinid fishes from South China and Hong Kong. Copeia 1966(2): 285-296.

 

Other references:

Weitzman and Evers, trop. fish hob., Sept. 1999

Wang, S. 1998. China Red Data Book of Endangered Animals. Pisces. National Environmental Protection Agency. [p. 72]

 

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