Tarimichthys

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Tarimichthys
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Triplophysa
Subgenus: Tarimichthys
Prokofiev, 2010
Type species
Nemacheilus bombifrons
Herzenstein, 1888

Tarimichthys is a subgenus of stone loach genus Triplophysa [1] native to China which contains two species. [2] Some authorities recognise Tarimichthys as a valid taxon. [3]

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus: [3]

Maurice Kottelat recognises a third species Tarimichthys incipiens which other authorities consider a subspecies of S. bombifrons. [3]

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Triplophysa bombifrons is a species of ray-finned fish, a stoneloach in the genus Triplophysa. Some authorities classify it in the separate genus or subgenus Tarimichthys. It is endemic to the Tarim River in Xinjiang.

Triplophysa choprai is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Triplophysa.

Tarimichthys edsinicus is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach, in the genus Triplophysa, although some authorities place it in the subgebus or genus Tarimichthys. It is found in the Edsin River which flows into the endorheic Juyan Lake.

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Triplophysa incipiens is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Triplophysa.

Triplophysa kaznakowi is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Triplophysa.

Triplophysa labiata is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Triplophysa.

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Triplophysa rotundiventris is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Qinghaichthys, although these stone loaches are placed in the genus Qinghaichthys by some authorities. It was described from a specimens taken in the Jiegu He, a tributary of upper Yangtze in the Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, China.

Nemacheilus shehensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus from India. Some authorities place N. shehensis in Triplophysa.

Triplophysa tenuicauda is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Triplophysa.

Triplophysa tenuis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Triplophysa.

Triplophysa yasinensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Triplophysa.

Triplophysa zamegacephala is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Triplophysaalthough these stone loaches are placed in the genus Qinghaichthys by some authorities. It occurs in the Gaize River in Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China.

Triplophysa zhaoi is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Triplophysa. It grows to 8 cm (3.1 in) SL. It is endemic to China and inhabits swampy creeks.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nemacheilidae</span> Family of fishes

The Nemacheilidae, or stone loaches, are a family of cypriniform fishes that inhabit stream environments, mostly in Eurasia, with one genus, Afronemacheilus found in Africa. The family includes about 790 species.

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.

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Nemacheilidae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Triplophysa in FishBase . October 2017 version.
  3. 1 2 3 Kottelat, M. (2012). "Conspectus_cobitidum.pdf Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei)" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Supplement No. 26: 1–199.