Qinghaichthys

Qinghaichthys
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Nemacheilidae
Genus:	Triplophysa
Subgenus:	Qinghaichthys ; S. Q. Zhu, 1981
Type species
	Nemacheilus alticeps; Herzenstein, 1888

Last updated July 18, 2025

Qinghaichthys is a subgenus the genus Triplophysa , stone loaches native to China. Some authorities recognise this as a valid genus but this is not recognised by Fishbase.^[1]

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus, if it is accepted as valid:^[2]

Triplophysa (Qinghaichthys) alticeps (Herzenstein, 1888)
Triplophysa (Qinghaichthys) rotundiventris (Y. F. Wu & Yuan Chen, 1979)
Triplophysa (Qinghaichthys) zaidamensis (Kessler, 1874)
Triplophysa (Qinghaichthys) zamegacephalus (T. Q. Zhao, 1985)

References

↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Triplophysa". FishBase . February 2022 version.
↑ Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). Archived 2013-02-11 at the Wayback Machine The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.

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[FB-1] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Triplophysa". FishBase . February 2022 version.

[2] Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). Archived 2013-02-11 at the Wayback Machine The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.

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