Upper Huang He Corridor

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Author(s)

J. Hales

Countries

China

Major Habitat Type

Montane freshwaters

Drainages flowing into

Bohai Sea

Main rivers to other water bodies

Huang He

Description

Boundaries

This ecoregion includes the Huang He (Yellow River) basin upriver from the point it exits the Himalayas until about Guide in Qinghai Province, and the endorheic basins of Gansu.

Description of endemic fishes

1 endemic species

Justification for delineation

Delineations were determined using a bottom-up approach that employed both published and unpublished field data and expert assessment (Abell et al. 2008; Li 1981; Wu & Wu 1992; Zhang 1995). This ecoregion is delineated based on drainage (geomorphology), topography, and differences in the fauna (M. Kottelat pers. comm. 2006).

References

Abell, Robin,M.L. Thieme,C. Revenga,M. Bryer,M. Kottelat,N. Bogutskaya,B. Coad,N. Mandrak,S.C. Balderas,W. Bussing,M.L.J. Stiassny,P. Skelton,G.R. Allen,P. Unmack,A. Naseka,R. Ng,N. Sindorf,J. Robertson,E. Armijo,J.V. Higgins,T.J. Heibel,E. Wikramanayake, (2008). "Freshwater Ecoregions of the World: A New Map of Biogeographic Units for Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation" BioScience 58 (5) pp. 403-414.
Li, Sizhong (1981). "Studies on zoogeographical divisions for fresh water fishes of China" Beijing, China: Science Press.
Zhang, J. M. (1995) Fishes of the Heilungjiang Heilungjiang Scientific Press : Harbin
Wu, Yunfei;Wu, Cuizhen (1992). "The fishes of the Qinghai-Xizang plateau" Chengdu, China: Sichuan Publishing House of Science and Technology.