Anabarilius maculatus Chen & Chu, 1980
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Anabarilius maculatus is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies. It is endemic to the Nan Pan Jiang basin in Yunnan, southern China. It is threatened by invasive non-native species, domestic and urban waste water, agricultural pollution and dams. The species has not been studied well, and therefore is ranked as Data Deficient. It grows to 13.9 cm (5.5 in) standard length.
Wikipedia contributors, Anabarilius maculatus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T19:00:01.676520+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Anabarilius maculatus Chen & Chu, 1980
- Name authority
- Chen & Chu, 1980
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Anabarilius
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCypriniformes
- familyCyprinidae Rafinesque, 1815
- subfamilyXenocypridinae Günther, 1868
- genusAnabarilius Cockerell, 1923
- speciesAnabarilius maculatus Chen & Chu, 1980
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Anabarilius. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Anabarilius yangzonensis Chen & Chu, 1980 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anabarilius xundianensis He, 1984 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anabarilius songmingensis Chen & Chu, 1980 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anabarilius alburnops (Regan, 1914) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anabarilius brevianalis Zhou & Cui, 1992 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anabarilius liui (Chang, 1944) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anabarilius longicaudatus Chen, 1986 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anabarilius polylepis (Regan, 1904) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anabarilius qionghaiensis Chen, 1986 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anabarilius transmontanus (Nichols, 1925) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Chen, Y.-R.; Chu, X.-L. (1980). A taxonomic study on fishes of the genus Anabarilius from Yunnan, China. Zoological Research, 1 (3): 417–424. [In Chinese, English summary.]. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:66GMT. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.