Discocheilus multilepis

Discocheilus multilepis, the oil fish,^[1] is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the carps, barbs, minnows and related fishes.^[3] This fish is endemic to the Duliujiang River, with all of the specimens collected in Congjiang County in Guizhou Province. Threre have been no records of this species since it was described.^[1]

Discocheilus multilepis
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Labeoninae
Genus:	Discocheilus
Species:	D. multilepis
Binomial name
Discocheilus multilepis (D. Z. Wang & D. J. Li, 1994)
Synonyms[2]
Discolabeo multilepis Wang & Li, 1994