Poropuntius chonglingchungi

Poropuntius chonglingchungi
Conservation status
	; Critically endangered, possibly extinct (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
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;

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]

References

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.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Poropuntius chonglingchungi" in FishBase. April 2006 version.

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[IUCN-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 and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Poropuntius chonglingchungi" in FishBase. April 2006 version.