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Cyprinidae
Jullien's Golden Carp
Probarbus jullieni
Critically Endangered Fish from the Mekong Basin
- Yellow
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- East Asia
- Southeast Asia
- Elongated
- Compressed cross-section
- Large
- Tropical fish
Yellow
Tropical
Regional distribution
Elongated
LargeThe Jullien's golden carp (Probarbus jullieni) is a species of endangered freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae found in Southeast Asian river basins. Its existence is being threatened by various economic activities, such as large-scale agriculture and the building of dams for hydropower.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Probarbus
- Maximum length
- 150 cm
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Asia: Mekong, Chao Phraya and Meklong basins of Indo-China and Thailand, and the Pahang and Perak basins of Malaysia (Ref. 7427 ). Catch, trade and transportation forbidden in Laos (Ref. 12217 ).
- Conservation status
- CRCritically Endangered
Class
Family
Conservation status
