Tibetan stone loach

Tibetan stone loach
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Nemacheilidae
Genus:	Triplophysa
Species:	T. stolickai
Binomial name
Triplophysa stolickai (Steindachner, 1866) [2]
Synonyms
Cobitis elegansKessler, 1874 Cobitis stoličkaiprotonym Nemacheilus stoliczkae Triplophysa stoliczkai

The Tibetan stone loach (Triplophysa stolickai) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Nemacheilidae. The specific name is sometimes spelled stoliczkae but the original spelling used by Steindachner is stoličkai. ^[3] It is found in southern and central Asia. ^[4]

Etymology

The stone loach is named in honor of paleontologist Ferdinand Stoliczka (1838–1874). Stoliczka was the one who collected the type specimen. ^[5]

References

1. Daniels, A. (2022). "Triplophysa stolickai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022 e.T168488A1186806. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T168488A1186806.en . Retrieved 9 January 2023.
2. "Zur fischfauna Kaschmirs und der benachbarten Landerstriche in Wien". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft. 16: 784–796. 1866.
3. Wu, Y.-Y., Sun, Z.-Y. & Guo, Y.-S. (2016): A new species of the genus Triplophysa (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae), Triplophysa daochengensis, from Sichuan Province, China. Zoological Research, 37 (5): 290–296.
4. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Triplophysa stoliczkai". FishBase . June 2016 version.
5. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family NEMACHEILIDAE (r-y)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 14 April 2022.