Distoechodon macrophthalmus

Distoechodon macrophthalmus, the red-wing fish, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies.^[2] This species is only known from Chenghai Lake in the Yangtze basin in Yunnan.^[3] This lake has a decreasing water level and declining water quality, as well as invasive fish. These threats are causing a continued decline in the habitat of this species and so the Salangidae has assessed it as Endangered.^[1]

Distoechodon macrophthalmus
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Xenocyprididae
Genus:	Distoechodon
Species:	D. macrophthalmus
Binomial name
Distoechodon macrophthalmus Y. H. Zhao, F. F. Kullander, S. O. Kullander & C. G. Zhang, 2009[2]