Cyprinus megalophthalmus

Cyprinus megalophthalmus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Cyprininae
Genus: Cyprinus
Species:
C. megalophthalmus
Binomial name
Cyprinus megalophthalmus
H. W. Wu, G. R. Yang, P. Q. Yue & H. J. Huang, 1963

Cyprinus megalophthalmus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Cyprinus that is endemic to Lake Erhai in China. There have been no records since the 1980s and it is possibly extinct.