Qilu Carp (Cyprinus ilishaestomus)
The Qilu Carp was described in 1977; it was endemic to the Qilu Lake in Yunnan, China.
This species was last found in the late 1970s and is now very likely extinct.
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Cyprinus micristius Regan
Dianchi Carp (Cyprinus micristius)
The Dianchi Carp was described in 1906; it is, or rather was, endemic to lake Dianchi in Yunnan, China.
The species was last seen in the 1960s and is now very likely extinct; it is said, however, that the tributaries of Lake Dianchi are maybe inhabited by one or more subspecies that might be still existing.
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syn. Mesocyprinus micristius (Regan)
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Cyprinus qionghaiensis Chen-Han Liu
Lake Qiong Carp (Cyprinus qionghaiensis)
This species is, or rather was, restricted to Lake Qiong, a 10 km² large lake in Yunnan.
The species disappeared after the introduction of European Carps (Cyprinus carpio L.) into the lake and is now considered most likely extinct.
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Anabarilius macrolepis P. L. Yih & C. K. Wu
Yilong Whitefish (Anabarilius macrolepis)
This species was restricted to the Yilong Lake in Yunnan, China; in 1981, this lake dried out completely for about 20 days as a consequence of water extraction for agriculture.
The Yilong Whitefish had no chance to survive and is now extinct.
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Anabarilius yangzonensis Y. R. Chen & X. L. Chu
Yangzong Whitefish (Anabarilius yangzonensis)
The Yangzong Whitefish, which was described in 1980, was restricted to the Yangzong Lake in Yunnan, China.
The populations of the species collapsed due to pollution and the introduction of non-native fish species; it has not been found during the most recent surveys in 2008 and might well be extinct.
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Anabarilius qiluensis Y. R. Chen & X. L. Chu
Qilu Whitefish (Anabarilius qiluensis)
The Qilu Whitefish was endemic to Lake Qilu in Yunnan, China.
The species disappeared after the introduction of non-native fish species into the lake around 1964; it was last seen in the early 1980s and is now considered most likely extinct.
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Cynops wolterstorffi (Boulenger)
Yunnan Lake Newt (Cynops wolterstorffi)
The Yunnan Lake Newt was described in 1905, it was restricted to a small area near Lake Dianchi (or Lake Kunming) in the Yunnan Province, China.
The males are about 11 cm long, the females reach a length of about 14 cm; both sexes are: “Blackish olive above, with an orange or orange-vermilion vertebral stripe, with or without round or roundish spots or dots of the same colour; orange-vermilion beneath, with black spots or marblings, which may be confluent into longitudinal bands; lower edge of tail vermilion-orange.” [1]
The species was last seen in 1979 and is now considered extinct.
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References:
[1] G. A. Boulenger: Description of a new newt from Yunnan. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1905 Vol. 1: 277-278
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Cyprinus yilongensis Yang et al.
Lake Yilong Carp (Cyprinus yilongensis)
This species, as its name implies, was restricted to Lake Yilong in the Yunnan Province of China.
The species disappeared around the 1980s when the lake was drained.
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