Cyprinus yunnanensis

Cyprinus yunnanensis is a critically endangered species of cyprinid fish in the genus Cyprinus from Qilu Lake in Yunnan, China.^[1] Despite surveys of the lake it has not been seen since the 1970s and it is possibly extinct.^[1] It reaches up to about 20 cm (8 in) in length.^[2]

Cyprinus yunnanensis
Conservation status
Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Cyprininae
Genus:	Cyprinus
Species:	C. yunnanensis
Binomial name
Cyprinus yunnanensis T. L. Tchang, 1933