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Triplophysa alticeps

Triplophysa alticeps is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Triplophysa. These stone loaches are occasionally placed in the genus Qinghaichthys by some authorities. It is endemic to Qinghaihu Lake in Qinghai Province, China.

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Length
111 w
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Triplophysa alticeps
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Triplophysa
Subgenus: Qinghaichthys
Species:
T. alticeps
Binomial name
Triplophysa alticeps
(Herzenstein, 1888)
Synonyms

Nemachilus alticeps Herzenstein, 1888
Qinghaichthys alticeps (Herzenstein, 1888)

Triplophysa alticeps is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Triplophysa. These stone loaches are occasionally placed in the genus Qinghaichthys by some authorities.1 It is endemic to Qinghaihu Lake in Qinghai Province, China.2

References

References

  1. Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.
  2. Rainer Froese; Daniel Pauly, eds. (2017). "Triplophysa alticeps (Herzenstein, 1888)". Fishbase. Retrieved 7 January 2018.