Poropuntius chonglingchungi

Poropuntius chonglingchungi is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Poropuntius. The species is only known from Fuxian Lake in Yunnan; it enters streams for spawning. It has been impacted by introduced species, the loss of spawning habitat, and over-fishing. It has not been recorded since the 1980s; IUCN considers it as Critically Endangered and possibly extinct.[1]

Poropuntius chonglingchungi

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Poropuntius
Species:
P. chonglingchungi
Binomial name
Poropuntius chonglingchungi
(T. L. Tchang, 1938)[2]
Synonyms
  • Barbus chonglingchungi Tchang, 1938
  • Barbodes chonglingchungi (Tchang, 1938)
  • Barbodes lacustris Wu, 1977
  • Puntius pachygnathus Wang, Zhuang & Gao, 1982

References
  1. Zhao, H. (2011). "Poropuntius chonglingchungi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T166192A6189259. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T166192A6189259.en. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Poropuntius chonglingchungi" in FishBase. April 2006 version.


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