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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Triplophysa longipectoralis" in FishBase. November 2014 version.
External links
Data related to Triplophysa longipectoralis at Wikispecies
- Image of the holotype found in the Liujiang River on SpringerImages (subscription needed to see full image)
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