Tibetan stone loach | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Nemacheilidae |
Genus: | Triplophysa |
Species: | T. stolickai |
Binomial name | |
Triplophysa stolickai (Steindachner, 1866) [2] | |
Synonyms | |
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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]
The stone loach is named in honor of paleontologist Ferdinand Stoliczka (1838–1874). Stoliczka was the one who collected the type specimen. [5]
Schistura deansmarti is a species of ray-finned fish in the stone loach genus Schistura. It is found in cave streams in a karst landscape in the Thung Salaeng Luang National Park of Phitsanulok Province where it lives mainly on the stream beds and feeds on organic material and micro-organisms. The specific name honors the British speleologist who collected the original specimens and who works for the conservation of caves in Thailand.
Schistura kloetzliae is a species of cyprinid fish in the family stone loach. It has been recorded from the Mengla drainage in Yunnan and its tributary Nam Youan in Luang Namtha province in Laos. It occurs in medium fast currents in streams with gravel or stony bottoms. The specific name honours Antoinette Kottelat-Kloetzli, for her help and support of Maurice Kottelat during his work in Laos, among other things.
Schistura devdevi is a species of ray-finned fish in the stone loach genus Schistura. It is found in clear, swift streams with pebble beds in upland areas of the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Sikkim and West Bengal, as well as in Nepal. It sometimes appears in the aquarium trade. The specific name honours Dr Dev Dev Mukerji of the Zoological Survey of India.
Schistura kodaguensis is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach, in the genus Schistura. This species has been recorded from a single stream with a swift current and gravel bottom in the Cauvery River system in Karnataka, India. The specific name is derived from Kodagu District where the type specimen was collected.
Oxynoemacheilus theophilii is a species of stone loach native to Turkey and the island of Lesbos in Greece. This species occurs in streams and reaches a length of 6.6 centimetres (2.6 in) SL. It is found in the Büyük Menderes River and other streams in western Anatolia, Turkey, and the Evergetoulas Stream on the island of Lesbos, Greece. It can be found in the upper reaches of streams with clear, cold, flowing water where it hides among the stones of the stream bed. The stomach contents of a single female were found to consist of aquatic insect larvae. Water abstraction and the increased droughts caused by climate change are the main threats.
Oxynoemacheilus bergianus, the Kura sportive loach, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Oxynoemacheilus. This species is found in Lake Urumiyeh and Namak Lake basins in Iran, in the southern Caspian basin from Kura east to the Sefid-Rud drainage. It can also be found in the headwaters of Tigris in Turkey, Iraq and in Karoun, Iran as well as those of the Euphrates in Turkey and possibly in Syria and Iraq. It lives in fast flowing streams and rivers with gravel and rocky substrates and does not tolerate impoundments, dam construction having been identified as a major potential threat to this species.
Triplophysa alexandrae is a species of stone loach in the genus Triplophysa endemic to Sichuan, China.
Triplophysa angeli is a species of stone loach in the genus Triplophysa. It is endemic to the Yalong River in Sichuan, China. It grows to 12.9 cm (5.1 in) SL.
Triplophysa arnoldii is a species of stone loach in the genus Triplophysa. It is endemic to Mongolia. It grows to 7 cm (2.8 in) SL.
Triplophysa bleekeri is a species of stone loach in the genus Triplophysa. It is endemic to China. It grows to 8.2 cm (3.2 in) TL. Having a wide distribution across the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, it lives in fast-flowing rivers from 200 to 3,000m in altitude. Being an unusual species inhabiting high-altitude regions, it is an excellent model to investigate the genetic mechanisms of adaptation to the local environment. With this in mind a chromosomal-scale genome assembly was sequenced and assembled with a genome size of ~628 Mb. This data finding that the Triplophysa genus likely diverged when the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau elevated by >4,000 m roughly 40 million years ago.
Triplophysa choprai, the snow loach, is a species of ray-finned fish in the subgenus Indotriplophysa of genus Triplophysa.
Triplophysa farwelli is a species of stone loach in the genus Triplophysa. It is found in Iran and the Helmand River drainage in Afghanistan.
Claea dabryi is a species of stone loach endemic to the Jinshajiang river basin in China. Commonly known as 戴氏南鰍, which translates as Dai's southern loach.
Turcinoemacheilus kosswigi is a species of stone loach which is endemic to the Tigris–Euphrates Basin where it can be found in the stretches of rivers, eve small streams, with faster currents and it often occurs on riffles and rapids. The specific name honours the zoologist and geneticist Curt Kosswig (1903-1982), who collected the type specimen of this species among others he collected in Turkey.
Oxynoemacheilus atili, the Lake Beyşehir loach, is a species of stone loach from the genus Oxynoemacheilus. It is endemic to Turkey being found only in the drainage basin of Lake Beyşehir in Central Anatolia, where it occurs in all the streams and in the Manavgat drainage in Mediterranean basin.
Oxynoemacheilus kaynaki, the medil loach, is a species of stome loach which is found in the Göksu, a right hand tributary of the Euphrates in southeast Anatolia, Turkey.
Oxynoemacheilus mesudae, the Işıklı loach, is a species of stone loach from the genus Oxynoemacheilus. It is endemic to the Lake Işıklı basin in central Anatolia, Turkey where it is known from four springs.
Oxynoemacheilus tongiorgii is a species of stone loach from the genus Oxynoemacheilus. It was found in a spring near the town of Darab in the Kul River basin of Iran. It has only been recorded once.
Triplophysa ferganaensis, known as the Fergana stone loach, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Nemacheilidae. It is endemic to the Shohimardonsoy stream in Fergana Valley, Uzbekistan. It lives in fast-flowing rivers over 1500m in altitude.
Triplophysa bellibarus is a species of stone loach in the genus Triplophysa.