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Cyprinus megalophthalmus

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Cyprinus megalophthalmus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Cyprininae
Genus: Cyprinus
Species:
C. megalophthalmus
Binomial name
Cyprinus megalophthalmus

Cyprinus megalophthalmus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Cyprinus that is endemic to Lake Erhai in China.[1][2] There have been no records since the 1980s and it is possibly extinct.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Wang, Wang, Li, Du, Yang, Lassoie, and Hassan (2013). Six decades of changes in vascular hydrophyte and fish species in three plateau lakes in Yunnan, China. Biodivers. Conserv. 22: 3197–3221. doi: 10.1007/s10531-013-0579-0
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cyprinus megalophthalmus". FishBase.