''Anabarilius'' is a genus of

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in the family

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, most of them only occurring in China. Many of the species have very restricted geographic range and have been negatively impacted by introduced species, fishing, and habitat degradation; the

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includes five ''Anabarilius'' species that are either

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or critically endangered and one species ('' A. macrolepis'') that is considered

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Species

The genus contains the following species: * ''

Anabarilius alburnops ''Anabarilius alburnops'' (also known as silver minnow or silvery white fish, a direct translation of its Chinese name, 银白鱼) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus '' Alburnus''. It is only known from Dian Lake and Songhuaba Reservoir ...

'' (

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, 1914) * '' Anabarilius andersoni'' (

, 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 The Kanglang fish (''Anabarilius grahami'') is a species of cyprinid fish. It is a pelagic species Endemism, endemic to Fuxian Lake in Yunnan, southern China. However, the species may now be in the process of extinction because of the introduced n ...

'' (

, 1908) * '' Anabarilius liui'' (H. W. Chang, 1944) * '' Anabarilius longicaudatus'' Y. R. Chen, 1986 * †''

Anabarilius macrolepis ''Anabarilius macrolepis'' is an extinct species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae that was endemic to Yilong Lake in Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province ...

'' 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 ''Anabarilius polylepis'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae, that is endemic to Yunnan, China. It only occurs in Dian Lake and Songhuaba reservoir in Kunming. It was once a major commercial fish species, but it has not been ...

'' (

, 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'' (

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, 1925) * '' Anabarilius xundianensis'' J. C. He, 1984 * '' Anabarilius yangzonensis'' Y. R. Chen & X. L. Chu, 1980

References

* Taxa named by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell Freshwater fish genera Ray-finned fish genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{cultrinae-stub