''Anabarilius'' is a genus of freshwater
ray-finned fish
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belonging to the
family
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Xenocyprididae
Xenocyprididae, is a family of freshwater ray-finned fishes commonly called the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies with a natural distribution in Asia. This taxon, sometimes spelt Xenocypridae, was previously regarded to be a subfamily, Xenocypri ...
, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies, most of them only occurring in the area of China. Many of the species have very restricted geographic range and have been negatively impacted by introduced species, fishing, and habitat degradation; the
IUCN Red List
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includes five ''Anabarilius'' species that are either
endangered
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or
critically endangered
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and one species (''
A. macrolepis'') that is considered
extinct
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.
Species
The genus contains the following species:
* ''
Anabarilius alburnops''
( Regan, 1914)
* ''
Anabarilius andersoni''
(Regan, 1904)
* ''
Anabarilius brevianalis''
W. Zhou & G. H. Cui, 1992
* ''
Anabarilius duoyiheensis''
W. X. Li, W. N. Mao & Zong-Min Lu, 2002
* ''
Anabarilius goldenlineus''
W. X. Li & A. L. Chen, 1995
* ''
Anabarilius grahami''
(Regan, 1908) (Kanglang fish)
* ''
Anabarilius liui''
(H. W. Chang, 1944)
* ''
Anabarilius longicaudatus''
Y. R. Chen, 1986
* ''
Anabarilius macrolepis''
P. L. Yih & C. K. Wu, 1964
* ''
Anabarilius maculatus''
Y. R. Chen & X. L. Chu, 1980
* ''
Anabarilius paucirastellus''
P. Q. Yue & J. C. He, 1988
* ''
Anabarilius polylepis''
(Regan, 1904)
* ''
Anabarilius qiluensis''
Y. R. Chen & X. L. Chu, 1980
* ''
Anabarilius qionghaiensis''
Y. R. Chen, 1986
* ''
Anabarilius songmingensis''
Y. R. Chen & X. L. Chu, 1980
* ''
Anabarilius transmontanus''
( Nichols, 1925)
* ''
Anabarilius xundianensis''
J. C. He, 1984
* ''
Anabarilius yangzonensis''
Y. R. Chen & X. L. Chu, 1980
= extinct
References
Xenocyprididae
Taxa named by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell
Freshwater fish genera
Ray-finned fish genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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