Clupisoma yunnanense (He, Huang & Li, 1995)

Family:  Ailiidae (Asian schilbeids)
Max. size:  28.7 cm SL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 364.7 g
Environment:  demersal; freshwater
Distribution:  Asia: Nujiang River in Yunnan, China.
Diagnosis:  Distinguished from closely related species Platytropius longianalis by the following characters: gill rakers 14; origin of dorsal fin beyond ventral fin, but not opposite; vomerine tooth and palatine tooth are separate in the shape of the latter, but not joined in the shape of half moon; mouth terminal, not mouth subinferior; maxillary barbels shorter, terminate before origin of anal fin, not behind the middle of anal fin (Ref. 87003).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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