Anabarilius polylepis

The body is long and flattened laterally, with a slightly raised back and back of the head, an arc-shaped ventral margin, and the length of the head slightly greater than the height of the body. The snout is pointed, and the length of the snout is often greater than the eye diameter but equal to or slightly less than the distance between the eyes. The mouth is terminal, with an oblique fissure, and the rear end extends to just below the rear edge of the nostril. The upper and lower jaws are equal in length or the lower jaw is slightly protruding, and the small protrusion at the front end of the lower jaw is embedded in the depression of the upper jaw. The eyes are located on the upper side. The distance between the eyes is wide. The scales are small, and there is a narrow axillary scale at the base of the pelvic fin. The lateral line is complete, bends sharply downward above the pectoral fin, runs along the lower half of the body side, and finally enters the central axis of the caudal

It is only distributed in Dianchi Lake in Yunnan, China, and is unique to the lake.
It lives in the middle and upper layers of the water body and often forages in the dense aquatic plants in the lake.

Anabarilius polylepis, the Latin name of the multi-scale whitefish, is a fish species unique to Yunnan, China.

The main food of multi-scale whitefish is aquatic plants, followed by small fish and shrimp. 1 winter age can reach sexual maturity, and in early spring every year, the parent fish swims in groups to the nearshore gravel beach to spawn.

During the peach blossom season in Kunming, the multi-scaled whitefish reproduces very quickly, hence the name peach blossom whitefish. Because it grows faster than another whitefish distributed in the same waters, it is also called big whitefish. It was once one of the main fishery targets in the production area, but since the 1970s, due to environmental changes, it is now on the verge of extinction.

Listed in the second level of the "List of National Key Protected Wildlife in China".

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