Institute of Hydrobiology-Monument, Wuhan, China

Institute of Hydrobiology () of the Chinese Academy of Sciences is a research institute located in

Wuhan Wuhan (, ; ; ) is the capital of Hubei, Hubei Province in the China, People's Republic of China. It is the largest city in Hubei and the most populous city in Central China, with a population of over eleven million, the List of cities in China ...

Hubei Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The prov ...

, China. It was founded in 1950 and specializes in freshwater organisms. It is involved in the study of the

finless porpoise ''Neophocaena'' is a genus of porpoise native to the Indian and Pacific oceans, as well as the freshwater habitats of the Yangtze River basin in China. They are commonly known as finless porpoises. Genetic studies indicate that ''Neophocaena'' is ...

and the now extinct

baiji dolphin The baiji (; IPA: ; ''Lipotes vexillifer'', ''Lipotes'' meaning "left behind" and ''vexillifer'' "flag bearer") is a possibly extinct species of freshwater dolphin native to the Yangtze river system in China. It is thought to be the first dolph ...

. China Zebrafish Resource Center is housed in the institute campus.

The Gallery

File:Institute of Hydrobiology-Entrance, Wuhan, China.jpg, The entrance to Baiji Dolphin Hall of the Institute of Hydrobiology File:Yangtze River Snammer 01.jpg, A

swimming in the pool of Baiji Dolphin Hall File:Yangtze River Snammer 02.jpg, A finless porpoise being fed File:Yangtze River Snammer 03.jpg, A researcher feeding a finless porpoise

References

External links

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Official website (Simplified Chinese)
Research institutes of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Education in Wuhan 1950 establishments in China Aquaria in China {{biology-org-stub