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Etymology: yingjiangensis: The specific name, yingjiangensis, refers to its type locality in Yingjiang River, Yunnan, China.
More on authors: Chen & Yang.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
Asia: Upper Irrawaddy River basin in Yunnan, China. Occurrence in other tributaries of the Irrawaddy in northern Myanmar is also highly possible.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 18.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 55983)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
ZiMing, C. and Y. JunXing, 2004. A new species of the genus Tor from Yunnan, China (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Environ. Biol. Fishes 70:185-191. (Ref. 55983)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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