Yunnan Carp

Lives in shallow water with aquatic plants and usually seeks food in the middle and lower layers of water bodies. Feeds mainly on small fishes and shrimps.

Adults live in shallow water with aquatic plants and usually seeks food in the middle and lower layers of water bodies. Feed mainly on small fishes and shrimps. Viscid eggs are spawned on aquatic plants in April and May (Ref. 45563).

Cyprinus yunnanensis is a critically endangered species of cyprinid fish in the genus Cyprinus from Qilu Lake in Yunnan, China. Despite surveys of the lake it has not been seen since the 1970s and it is possibly extinct. It reaches up to about 20 cm (8 in) in length.