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Triplophysa brevicauda

Triplophysa brevicauda is a species of stone loach. It is endemic to China and was first described from Dabsan Nur lake in Qinghai. It grows to 8.2 cm (3.2 in) SL.

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Triplophysa brevicauda
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Triplophysa
Species:
T. brevicauda
Binomial name
Triplophysa brevicauda
(Herzenstein, 1888)
Synonyms

Nemachilus Stoliczkae brevicauda Herzenstein, 1888

Triplophysa brevicauda is a species of stone loach.12 It is endemic to China1 and was first described from Dabsan Nur lake in Qinghai.2 It grows to 8.2 cm (3.2 in) SL.1

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References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Triplophysa brevicauda". FishBase. November 2014 version.
  2. Kottelat, M. (2012). "Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei)" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 26: 1–199.