Triplophysa longipectoralis

Triplophysa longipectoralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Triplophysa
Species: T. longipectoralis
Binomial name
Triplophysa longipectoralis
L. P. Zheng, L. N. Du, X. Y. Chen & J. X. Yang, 2009

Triplophysa longipectoralis is a cave-living species of stone loach with vestigial eyes. The fish lives in clear water at temperatures below 20° C. The holotype was caught in Xunle town, Huanjiang Maonan Autonomous County in the Liu River basin, Guangxi, China and was described by Zheng et al. in 2009.[1][2]

References

  1. Zheng, Lan-Ping; Li-Na Du; Xiao-Yong Chen; Jun-Xing Yang (2009). "A new species of genus Triplophysa (Nemacheilinae: Balitoridae), Triplophysa longipectoralis sp. nov, from Guangxi, China". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 85 (3): 221–7. doi:10.1007/s10641-009-9485-4. ISSN 0378-1909.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Triplophysa longipectoralis" in FishBase. November 2014 version.

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